Non-Typical Solutions Report post Posted July 16, 2019 Behind my dad’s place in Alpine is a pasture with pipe fence maybe 6’ tall a mesh wire hanging on it! We’ve seen elk, wolves, coyote and turkey! This spring a cow elk had a calf inside the fenced area and as family has come and visited each has mentioned seeing the mamma and calf! We arrived last Friday and for the first time Sunday afternoon all the sudden we see the calf (maybe 6weeks old) standing up in the tall grass! We watched it bed down again and never saw it again the rest of the afternoon! Grandkids all got to see it through spotting scope and binos so now they are all on the watch today! About 4:30 today a cow elk appears in the meadow! It wanders around cuts across the meadow to a treed ridge disappeared for a bit then appeared again! We watched her cautiously creep into the meadow straight beeline to the last spot we saw the calf yesterday! Calf jumps up and heads straight for mamma and Starr’s getting dinner! As far as we can tell that mamma has been jumping fence nightly taking care of her calf and that calf just lies low during the daytime!!! 7 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lancetkenyon Report post Posted July 16, 2019 Your granddaughter might see it better if she turns her binos around.... That is pretty cool. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Non-Typical Solutions Report post Posted July 16, 2019 1 hour ago, lancetkenyon said: Your granddaughter might see it better if she turns her binos around.... That is pretty cool. Baby steps 😂😂😂 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alpinebullwinkle Report post Posted July 21, 2019 You are not far from my main residence. It is amazing how the cow elk are smart enough to have their babies in our subdivisions (for protection from the predators) and then leave when the babies get their track legs. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
