10/10/2026
This bull elk first showed himself in the morning. I followed him into the tree line and managed a handful of shots, but not the full body images I was hoping for.
When I returned in the evening, I was able to find him again, in the thick trees next to a meadow. bugling at his opponents, warning them that he was around.
He entered the meadow facing away from me, and as I followed behind him along the tree line, he suddenly turned around and came straight toward me. I knelt down, and took as many photos as I could while he advanced.
Eventually he got close enough to realize something was there. I don’t think he knew exactly what I was, just that I wasn’t supposed to be in his space. After about a minute, he wandered off, and I didn’t see him again that day.
This photograph titled 'Monarch' is now available on my website and in my gall