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Elk vs. cougar

Old 03-02-2008, 10:00 AM
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You might have seen these before but it was new to me when my buddy fowarded it to me. He knows I'm into this stuff. It might take me a few minutes to get this done but there are a couple of cool pics with this story.

> I took these photos on Monday the 18th of Feb. at 12:30 PM at mm 34.5 on
> Hiway 191 just north of the Covered Wagon Ranch. The six point bull elk
> was belly deep in snow and struggling. I stopped to observe, and when the
> elk stood up, I noticed something hanging from his neck. A cougar was
> attempting a choke hold to suffocate the elk by collapsing his trachea.
> These photos are just a few of the pictures I took during this five minute
> struggle. Finally the cat gave up on his choke hold and decided to take a
> look at me. He took a couple steps toward me, and I put my hands into the
> air and yelled loudly. He hesitated, looked back at the elk that was now
> meandering south along the hiway, and then looked back towards me. I
> raised my hands and yelled again, he finally retreated up the hill, and
> the
> encounter was over.
> The bull headed south apparently uninjured and feeling very lucky.
>
> Bg

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Old 03-02-2008, 10:04 AM
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I know its a pain in the ass, but they're worth opening.
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