Browsing All posts tagged under »Elk«

Un-moose at leisure

June 30, 2012

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Bruce Laidlaw was out and about along M-88 and stopped to admire the elk at Conant's Maplehurst Farms . . . which are definitely not moose but do answer to wapiti or omashkooz.

The Elk in Winter

January 10, 2010

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Babs Young has been wandering about on M-88. She sent this note:  These elk seem to love this weather. I think their antlers grow better in the cold. However you are going to have to check Torch Lake Views for who these elk belong to because I can’t remember and can’t find it on the […]

Nose to nose . . .

August 8, 2008

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. . . with the elk!! or maybe nose to lens. This one was very curious and almost licked my camera. I’m not sure how good elk saliva is for camera lenses so I declined.  So begins a Letter from Katherine Berst, who has a new camera she’s enjoying and was one of the people […]

Distracted by Elk

August 6, 2008

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There they were, attractively arranged in the tall grass, looking for all the world like a committee trying to decide where to hold the company picnic. The elk. Everyone stopped, even people who are used to seeing the elk, because they were closer to the road than usual, and their antlers are enormous right now. […]