Here are some photos of a Bull Elk that got caught in the Lamar River in Yellowstone National Park.
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Tag: Elk
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Huge procession of Elk across a roadway
Saturday “somebody” drove from their house to Estes for a Holiday sale. On my way down the Forest service access road somebody pulled up behind a car with his flashers on and witnessed this most amazing elk migration. He was sorry he didn’t bring my camera….but luckily one of his neighbors’ daughter did and made this recording. There were only 3 or 4 cars at this place at this time. He was lucky to be in one of them!!
As you watch this, you will realize that there is a patch of ice in the middle of the road.
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Carry on fees increased on Frontier Airlines… for Antlers!
Must read to appreciate. I suppose when you’ve bagged the “big one” you want the antlers riding in coach with you and not down in the luggage compartment.
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Two Bull Elk Antler Locked
I received this email recently. Describes a pretty interesting day at the office.
Here is how my day started yesterday ( 11-29-2007)
Got a call that 2 bull elk were locked up and one was dead the other still alive. The bulls were in a field about 15 miles Northeast of Monticello.
When I got there I actually found 2 bulls locked antlers. I thought this only happened in other areas… J. and I were going to tranquilize the bull and saw antlers. One problem… we did not have enough of the drugs to do a good job. So we walked out there and sawed the one point off of the dead bulls right antler and then we had to saw the main beam of the left antler to get the other bull free. The whale tail was over the bulls eyes, lodged between the eye guards. When we cut it free the bull stood there for awhile catching its breath with the piece of the antler still in it’s antlers. When it took off the piece of antler came out…
WOW! this was for sure one of the most memorable days. Enjoy the pics.
TJ Robertson
Conservation Officer
Moab District
State of Utah, Division of
Wildlife Resources
(435) 820-6015 Cell phone
tjrobertson@utah.gov
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Canadian Elk Bridge over Highway
This picture has been sent around a while now. It’s pretty interesting.
Here is the text that usually accompanies the picture:
They had to build the animals (especially the elk)their own crossing because that was where the natural crossing was and after the highway was built there were far too many accidents. I understand it didn’t take the animals long to learn that this was their “road.”
The problem is that this is not quite the truth. Check out this link for information about the program referenced in the text of the email.
Apparently, this is just a regular ole railroad bridge for the Canadian Pacific Railway that serves the same purpose.
