Elk afraid of a COW!

[bagwell1987]

My van broke down today so my daughter came and picked me up. On the way to get fuel in her truck we passed a field where a small herd of elk, males mostly, were jammed into a corner. I've never seen that before so I asked Tracy to turn around so I could take a picture. When we got there this is what I saw, all those animals bumbling around in the corner. As I was taking pictures I saw in the back ground the red cow, and a black one off to the side. The elk were all warily looking at them, shuffeling their hooves trying to find a way out. They were wide eyed with fear over a couple of silly cows! Oh boy that was funny!

In between the trees on the left you'll see the back of the brown cow. Happily munching.

[rocket]

Where's the pictures?

[bagwell1987]

Hang on, it was too big so I had to figure out my re- dooer thingy thingy to re size it. You know all that techy talk!

[bagwell1987]

You should have seen the racks on those boys. Some beautiful animals. I took more pics and this one turned out best to see the antlers.

[rocket]

Much better with pictures. Thanks for posting.

[Toy Poodles]

Where was this pic taken from? My husband says that this is not unusual for cows to graze with elk also with deer, they are all grass eaters and will graze together. 

[bagwell1987]

This is in Oregon near the ocean. Yes, they do graze together, well they don't really 'hang' in the same places. The wild ones are generally with wild ones. I was raised next to an elk refuge and cows had the same field too but I don't remember them being too close together.

You should have seen how the elk were huddling and backing up to get away from the cows, it was so weird, that's why I took the pic.

[LizzyJo]

I saw something a few times that was almost as funny as that. When I went out early to the place where my horses were boarded, I'd sometimes see all (about twenty of them) the horses looking nervously up at a wooded hill. There were coyotes and wildcats and occasionally a cougar around so they would get me feeling spooked. Then one morning I saw the scary thing--a couple of deer!

[bagwell1987]

I saw something a few times that was almost as funny as that. When I went out early to the place where my horses were boarded, I'd sometimes see all (about twenty of them) the horses looking nervously up at a wooded hill. There were coyotes and wildcats and occasionally a cougar around so they would get me feeling spooked. Then one morning I saw the scary thing--a couple of deer!

Haaaaa haaa

[GrumpysWife]

That's funny Lizzy Jo. I don't have any animals so I will post a funny gif.

 

 

[bagwell1987]

Is that beer and roasted penguin or ROOTbeer and roasted penguin, Vernalee??

[GrumpysWife]

Looks like A&W Rootbeer to me, but I forgot to ask them.