Well, here is exactly how. Enjoy.
Well, here is exactly how. Enjoy.
They didn't show the pictures?!!
Young bull elks love Old Spice.
Why was he so worried about his hat? I would have wanted to keep the ends of those horns out of my rib cage!
Seems to me that one of those drivers in the SUV in the background could have driven forward and perhaps caused the elk to move off.
Looked like he could have stood up and yelled at it and it.would have been scared back.
bgkast wrote: Looked like he could have stood up and yelled at it and it.would have been scared back.
Yup. Noise, coupled with an arm waving "I'm not scared of you" display
He's lucky the rut wasn't on . . . 
In reply to kazoospec:
Going by the date on the video, the rut had just barely passed. Maybe that young bull still had some extra testosterone in his system.
BTW, thanks for posting. I showed it to my biology class today.....all the kids were amused.
Chuckle, sometimes, it just all goes wrong. I did a similar with a bison herd once out in Oklahoma. Definitely not one of my brighter ideas.
Anyhow, while it's likely that elk would have spooked off had he simply stood up and acted dangerous, sometimes that inspires the attack. Trying to hang on to antlers would not fun or easy. Though about the time he started getting a bit more aggressive, I'd have been quite inclined to at least try it.
Good thing it wasn't a bull moose during the rut or there could have been a much different outcome.
Yeah, it they're anything like young stud colts, they're all balls and false bravado. Shouting and waving the hat at it would probably have caused him to make a hasty retreat.
That nugget of wisdom applies to most adolescent male mammals, Lesley. 
I think photographing Alec Baldwin is about the same deal.
jg
Saw on the news a few minutes ago that the animal has been put down.
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