Jds63 Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 This guy has cahones !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey buoy Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 (edited) Pretty cool!!!!,but I think the guy needs to get back on his meds!lol. Edited December 6, 2013 by davey buoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 There was a good reason why I kept a fence between me and this big fella when I was taking his picture recently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DundasSteelheader Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 National Park Service later put that elk down. Seems unfair to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopheraaron Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 National Park Service later put that elk down. Seems unfair to me. x2, could have definitely moved it I would think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bacon Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 Didn't seem like too many people were interested in helping him during a potential life threatening situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopheraaron Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 I can't really see what they would do, scare the elk and you risk it getting frightened enough that it hurts the guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey buoy Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 I thought the Elk was very well behaved for the situation.Could of been worse no doubt.Did he deserve to be put down for his actions????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bacon Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 (edited) I can't really see what they would do, scare the elk and you risk it getting frightened enough that it hurts the guy. I would have slowly driven my vehicle up to the elk. Although it is possible that this would cause the attack; I think it would be more likely to prevent an attack then cause one. I think that is better than just standing there filming it. Edited December 7, 2013 by JohnBacon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 He kept putting his head down... so it thought he wanted to play! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cram Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 He kept putting his head down... so it thought he wanted to play! Exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopheraaron Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 (edited) I thought the Elk was very well behaved for the situation.Could of been worse no doubt.Did he deserve to be put down for his actions????? The reason they put it down is that this happened several other times with that same elk. Edit: Still don't agree with it being shot though. Edited December 7, 2013 by Christopher k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey buoy Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 The reason they put it down is that this happened several other times with that same elk. Edit: Still don't agree with it being shot though. I think as mentioned,he just wanted to play.Let's face it ,if he was mad it wouldn't be pretty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pidge Posted December 9, 2013 Report Share Posted December 9, 2013 Defiantly not wired right. I was waiting for an antler to do some serious damage. Never trust an animal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bare foot wader Posted December 9, 2013 Report Share Posted December 9, 2013 Cool experience I'm sure for the photographer but unfortunate for the bull Wild animals deserve to be wild...if that guy wanted to be up close, go to a zoo. Habituating a wild animal to human interaction, in a national park especially, is no different than feeding bears IMO, you're creating a problem animal, that guy should've received a fine. Wild animals need separation, if not the animal always loses. The park service did the right thing, they can't allow a known risk to continue, what would've happened when a mature bull decided to rut with a tourist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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