North Carolina mountain elk
Nov 2, 2022 09:57:54 #
tomad
Loc: North Carolina
Fall is a great time to view elk in the NC mountains
Bugling
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Fight! (shot from long distance and greatly cropped, not great resolution)
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With fall color
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Not exactly a fair fight!
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Thinking about fighting me!
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Nov 2, 2022 16:02:21 #
tomad wrote:
Fall is a great time to view elk in the NC mountains
Beautiful shots of these majestic creatures 🤎🤎🥇🤎🤎
Nov 2, 2022 16:47:02 #
tomad
Loc: North Carolina
jerryc41 wrote:
Nice. I'd put my money on the guy on the right.
Yeah, the small one backed down and wandered off into the woods to get away.
Nov 2, 2022 17:02:34 #
tomad
Loc: North Carolina
UTMike wrote:
Very nice work! I did not know that there were elk in NC.
There are lots, at least two very big herds in different locations this time of the year. Maybe they were brought back sometime in the past (stocked) after they nearly disappeared from there but if so it was more than eight years ago as that's how long I've been going up there to see them. This particular location is right off the main highway going over the Great Smoky Mountains to Gattlinburg, TN near an old homestead that is called Mountain Farm Museum at the Oconaluftee Visitor Information Center just outside of Cherokee, NC, but they are free to roam elsewhere. There always seems to be a few here and a big herd gathers at this site this time of year. The other herd is on a long winding narrow gravel back road to an area called Cataloochee Valley that is mostly only visited by photographers. I believe both sites are just inside the NC side of the Great Smoky Mountains NP so they are protected as far as I know.
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Nov 3, 2022 05:14:19 #
tomad wrote:
Fall is a great time to view elk in the NC mountains
Nice set.
Nov 3, 2022 05:44:52 #
tomad wrote:
Fall is a great time to view elk in the NC mountains
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