I drove over to the west side of the Oly's to put a trail cam out in a place I've been scouting... Driving down the road I see this hen on the side of the road:
Then she revealed what she was sitting on:
A little ways into my bushwhack, I walked out into a little clearing, and nearly stepped on this elk calf. It was five feet from me when I saw it. Hidden pretty well. I was a little freaked at first, not knowing where the mom was. But I managed to snap off quite a few photos before I decided I better get outta there before I get a hoof to the head
Sure enough, I was about 40 yards from the calf when the cow stood up in front of me. She ran off to the flank making a racket, probably trying to get me to follow her away. I've never seen a calf like that before. Ya really have to almost step on them to see them that young over here in the rainforest.
