July 29, 2011

Dazed and Confused, the Bull Elk Version

I had a camera up for the past week on an old logging road-turned-game trail in the Wet Mountains. Below is the first image I downloaded—and it baffled me. What kind of apparition was it?

Then I saw the one snapped fifteen minutes later. I don't know what caused this bull elk to investigate the camera in the first place—usually they ignore it—but this one did, and he got a blinding flash in the face, it looks like. So he hung around for a while? (If it's the same elk, of course. Probably.)


There is no hunting pressure at this time of year, but maybe the hot weather has encouraged the elk to be more nocturnal. Bulls are often shyer anyway. The other photo I had at a location a mile or so away from this one showed a bull moving past at 8:30 p.m.

2 comments:

Ed Parr said...

Nice pic of the elk a definite keeper.He sure looks dazed.What type of cam did you use?

Chas S. Clifton said...

Just an inexpensive Wildview scout cam that I bought on eBay. I don't like to invest more than $50 in a camera, considering that I have already lost one to a bear attack.