Showdown in Elk Town

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 4:41 pm

Hubby and I had close encounters with some of these magnificent animals on the foothills of the Smokey Mountains. The photos below were taken by yours truly on two separate occasions.

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Post by **LarsMac** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 6:24 pm

SnoozeAgain;1355927 wrote:

Estes Park is one of my favorite places to go in Colorado. The Elk rule the town in the fall.

And I never saw elk in the Smoky Mountains.

Those are some nice pics.

gmc · Post by **gmc** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 9:42 am

Don't they have deer fences in america? how come nobody shoots them?

Snooz · Post by **Snooz** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 4:22 pm

It's probably a tourist attraction and makes a lot of money for the community. Just guessing though.

Odie · Post by **Odie** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 10:11 pm

along-for-the-ride;1355934 wrote: Hubby and I had close encounters with some of these magnificent animals on the foothills of the Smokey Mountains. The photos below were taken by yours truly on two separate occasions.

awesome photos!

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 4:52 pm

gmc;1355989 wrote: Don't they have deer fences in america? how come nobody shoots them?

“As long as our civilization is essentially one of property, of fences, of exclusiveness, it will be mocked by delusions”

Ralph Waldo Emerson quote (American Poet, Lecturer and Essayist, 1803-1882)

littleCJelkton · Post by **littleCJelkton** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:41 am

I happen to live in a Elktown------>Elkton that and we have no elk in it. Not since like the 1800's

gmc · Post by **gmc** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 1:24 pm

Had a close encounter with a herd of reindeer once. Have you any idea of the sense of frustration when your dog takes off after them? Come back you little ------ somehow there are no words that fit. Quite like a bit of venison, the wild stiff is so much better than the farmed.

gmc · Post by **gmc** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 9:59 am

North americans terrified by local pets. (canadian or american I can't tell the difference)

YouTube - Bulls of Plockton.m4v

Post by **LarsMac** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 8:17 am

gmc;1355989 wrote: Don't they have deer fences in america? how come nobody shoots them?

Estes Park is right in the middle of the migration path the elk use to go between the high mountain terrain where they summer and the lower elevations where they pasture during the winter.

Locals have learned to share.

The tourists are the problem.