Head to Head With an Elk

grumpy · Post by **grumpy** » Mon. Mar. 30, 2015 7:12 pm

Don't know if this guy is brave or just dumb..

http://m.koreus.com/video/wapiti-vs-photographe.html

SWPaDon · Post by **SWPaDon** » Mon. Mar. 30, 2015 7:52 pm

The guy is more than dumb, he is extremely stupid and lucky to be alive.

That animal has the capability of goring him with his horns, and the hooves are like knives, capable of slicing a human to pieces.

Pauliewog · Post by **Pauliewog** » Mon. Mar. 30, 2015 8:03 pm

I'm going with extremely stupid.

Paulie

Scottscoaled · Post by **Scottscoaled** » Mon. Mar. 30, 2015 8:46 pm

Extremely stupid AND lucky. Lucky it's mother wasn't around.

davidmcbeth3 · Post by **davidmcbeth3** » Mon. Mar. 30, 2015 10:26 pm

Tsk tsk tsk ... no Colt .45 about? Yeah, I would just sit there and wait for death. For the children. For the children.

2001Sierra · Post by **2001Sierra** » Mon. Mar. 30, 2015 10:27 pm

I D ten T, IDIOT!

stovepipemike · Post by **stovepipemike** » Tue. Mar. 31, 2015 8:18 am

As our friends in Great Britain would say, "Nutter". Mike

Ctyankee · Post by **Ctyankee** » Tue. Mar. 31, 2015 6:52 pm

OK what do you think was going through the elk's mind?

Maybe, "you smell awful perrdy"

SWPaDon · Post by **SWPaDon** » Tue. Mar. 31, 2015 7:07 pm

It was an immature buck. He was sparring, young ones do it all the time. Kinda like horseplay.

The problem is it can get very aggressive very quickly. I saw where the buck swung his hoof, because the guy moved in an aggressive manner in the bucks eyes.

As I said he was extremely stupid, and extremely lucky.

waldo lemieux · Post by **waldo lemieux** » Tue. Mar. 31, 2015 8:10 pm

I thought sure I was lookin at the next episode of "I Survived" . I was waiting for the camera to fade to AN emergency room with the nutwack on a gurney with the sawn off antler going in one eye and out through the back of his head

. now that would be entertainment ! It would be interesting to hear Darwins take on that guy living to reproduce.

Post by **franco b** » Tue. Mar. 31, 2015 8:29 pm

SWPaDon wrote:It was an immature buck. He was sparring, young ones do it all the time. Kinda like horseplay.

The problem is it can get very aggressive very quickly. I saw where the buck swung his hoof, because the guy moved in an aggressive manner in the bucks eyes.

As I said he was extremely stupid, and extremely lucky.

I agree with this, but on the other hand the man seemed to have a pretty good feel for what was going on. I do believe he understood the animal pretty well and when and how to call a halt.

SWPaDon · Post by **SWPaDon** » Tue. Mar. 31, 2015 8:32 pm

That may be possible, franco. I'll have to watch it again.

SWPaDon · Post by **SWPaDon** » Tue. Mar. 31, 2015 8:42 pm

I watched again, and I'll agree that he thought he knew what he was doing. Then it started getting out of hand.

grumpy · Post by **grumpy** » Tue. Mar. 31, 2015 8:55 pm

Yeah I really thought he would get hurt in the end of the video, but he showed no fear, sure the Elk may have picked up on that, still very risky..

Post by **franco b** » Tue. Mar. 31, 2015 9:02 pm

SWPaDon wrote:I watched again, and I'll agree that he thought he knew what he was doing. Then it started getting out of hand.

I also saw as you did that potential hoof strike which could have been dangerous, but he did keep his cool and I admire him for his action even though foolish. He was not a Dr. Schaller living among gorillas or even a Jane Goodall doing a scientific study, but I think the impulse was the same, and at least to me gratifying for its contrast to what the usual reaction would have been.