September 17, 2011 Bull Elk in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada
Bull Elk
Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada
Canon EOS 1D Mk IV, 500 f4, 1/90 sec, f5.6, ISO 400
Image taken on September 16, 2011.
A good-sized bull elk posed for us last night in Jasper National Park right outside Whistler's Campground. The park has a new policy to discourage the elk from hanging out in the campground, their historical rutting grounds: they chase the cows out and then the bulls follow. I think it's teaching the bulls that humans coming close to their girls is a bad thing because two nights ago a bull bluff charged a woman and then two cars who were close to his girls. Oh, isn't wildlife management policy interesting — by trying to protect us, I think they're making the elk more aggressive towards humans — brilliant!
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