One day Sydney and I were walking along a footpath when we watched a bull elk aggressively charge a car. The driver was trying to drive away and everytime he moved forward the elk would lower his antlers and charge. The gent driving would stop and yell at the elk as loud as he could to make it stop. This repeated itself a number of times.
We watched for a few minutes and then daughter Sydney said, 'oh shit. The females are coming towards us. Start walking mom and walk quick before the bull notices us!'
Turns out the bull did notice us! He stopped charging the car and turned his attention on us. He was picking up his pace coming in our direction, but we had gotten far enough away (running by now) and had put enough distance (and a bridge) between us and his 'girls' to make him lose interest in us.
It's rutting season. He was protecting his girls. What a way to get my heart rate up.
feeling grateful,
Louise
Walking along the Bow River Paul, Rich, and dog Micha came across this heard. We kept a healthy distance.
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