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April 14, 2007
The Elk's Last Winter
This elk didn't make it through his first winter. He died a few weeks back in my back yard. All the neighbors were suspicious cuz he died on my land, but I didn't shoot him. The elk was born last spring, and didn't even make it one year. Not sure why he died, but there was a ton of snow this winter, so the herds were under a lot of pressure. This little guy didn't make it, and died, presumably of natural causes. By day, the crows picked at him, and by night, the coyotes and foxes moved in. Possibly some lions as well. After two weeks, they'd picked him clean and dismembered him. I found his remains down in the woods on the back of my property yesterday. I wanted to get a shot of the red fox picking at him at dusk yesternite, but by the time I got all forty seven settings on my camera dialed in, he had disappeared into the woods.
Posted by Rob Kiser on April 14, 2007 at 10:27 AM
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