The things you find in your game camera

[Springer]

Set one up at the end of the field, mainly to see if deer are getting into the garden. Have seen deer, lots of rabbits, opossums and now He's a big boy

It is not uncommon for me to run out there in the middle of the night when I here it storming to cover up portions of the garden.

 

[Lil Foot]

Not a game camera, but a few feet outside the kitchen window, shot thru the screen:

 

[RCW]

Not a game camera, but a few feet outside the kitchen window, shot thru the screen:

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Bill - -

Oh my....so cool. 7x6, is that how they count the elk?

They're such big animals. How much does he weigh? 5-600?

There for water?

Just watch for it when it gets into the rut. Looks like it's coming in the next couple weeks/month. Velvet now, but it's coming.

After mcmxi posted about cooking an elk roast last weekend, my first thought to your picture was "I'll bet that tastes good".....

 

[Lil Foot]

Yup, 13 point. This bad boy probably went 1000+lbs on the hoof.
That stump is 22-24", and is 48" tall, and that water tub is 35 gals.
He drank half of it, and then his little brother (maybe 2/3 his size, 10 point) came in and drank most of what was left.
This was shot a few years ago, during the worst drought year the area has seen, very little water in the forest, and it is unusual for them to come this close to people/buildings. He and his brother came in once or twice a day for the week we were there, just to drink.
My neighbor puts a 25lb block of seed out for the birds on my property (so he can watch birds & squirrels from his living room window) and these two elk found it. My wife and I brought out lawn chairs and watched from 18-20yds away while they ate the whole thing, in maybe 30-45 minutes.
I love my place in the high country.

 

[ranger danger]

caught this on my cam a few years ago.

 

[fuzzydawg]

Set one up at the end of the field, mainly to see if deer are getting into the garden. Have seen deer, lots of rabbits, opossums and now He's a big boy

It is not uncommon for me to run out there in the middle of the night when I here it storming to cover up portions of the garden.

Springer - Very cool, but I'd definitely think twice before running out in the dark knowing that big ol' furball is out there!

Lil Foot - pretty convenient that elk has a dark spot right where a heart shot would go!

 

[RCW]

Yup, 13 point. This bad boy probably went 1000+lbs on the hoof.
That stump is 22-24", and is 48" tall, and that water tub is 35 gals.

Holy smokes....such a large animal.

Your references to the stump and tub give some scale.

We have a couple farmers locally with a few elk. Also have a Fallow Deer farmer.

Only seen the the Elk from a distance, laying down. Racks were impressive from afar...but the whole critter up close is something else!