Chance and the Elk

**cassiesmom** · 06-06-2009, 09:42 PM

Wow just because I'm a city kid and how neat to see Chance and an elk together! Do they try to visit often? What is it about them that they shouldn't be in the yard?

**Varga** · 06-07-2009, 12:22 AM

Haha. That's some great photos

I've only seen elks in zoos. We don't have them in my country.
It hasn't got antlers... so I'm guessing it's a female? Or is it a male who has lost his antlers?. .. if they do lose them at all? lol, I have no idea.

**blue** · 06-07-2009, 12:35 AM

Cool pics.

My dogs will charge moose, scares the carp out of me when they do that.

**Cinder & Smoke** · 06-07-2009, 02:01 AM

Chance: "

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Appears the 'backing down' came from the Mighty Protective of the Domain ...
who stopped to analyze his options before jumping in with 4 feet!

Zipp & Zopp did that with about a dozen DEER who were nibbling on the lawn
when we returned in the Bus one night. I didn't see a thing.
Z&Z spotted the 'intruders' whislt I was backing into the garage, and kept quiet.

Not knowing there'd be a 'problem' - I let my Protectives out to powder their noses.
Zipp & Zopp charged toward the pond with lil Fluffie Tailed Bowser trying to keep up.
The 3-way BARK-a-Thon started when they got close - which spooked the Deer Mob
into blind flight - Straight AT the charging Protectives.

Thankfully, NUNbuddie got hurt - the Protectives never got stoppped before
the Deer Mob had skillfully jumped OVER the Mutts and fled across the road
and into the woods. Based upon the 'search pattern' the 3 Mutts were using ...
they had NO Clure where the Deer had vanished to.

**Queen of Poop** · 06-07-2009, 08:16 AM

Pictured is the moose that Chance also chased from the yard, he's gotten pretty territorial it would seem.

We are on an elk path, they are constantly coming thru the yard. Now that it's greened up they are staying to have a snack. The other morning there were 15 of them to the west of the house and another 13 to the north, just having breakfast.

Yesterday Chance faced off with 9 elk. I'm thinking the leader was the same one he faced off with in the photos posted here. It was actually chasing him.

I was thinking the elk was a female that went head to head with him. But don't know enough about them to be sure.

These lovelies are in the yard pretty much every day, several times a day. Along with deer and most recently a moose. We also see coyotes but so far we've been lucky enough to have Chance in the house when we've seen them.