Elk are lazy

[bowinhand]

 

[bowinhand]

They don't like to pick their feet up any higher than they have to

 

[Matt Cashell]

Looks like a kitty sharpening claws.

 

[dotman]

I don't think that was an elk.

 

[bowinhand]

ZERO human activity and elk tracks everywhere!

 

[Evan Williams]

Elk are extremely lazy!!! Why pick your leg up 12" if you can clear it in 10"!!! I have seen this a TON in blow down areas. Logs across trails just torn up because they barely pick up their hooves.

 

[Ryan Avery]

Ask a rancher, Elk tear down more fences than any other wild animal. They get there front half over, then drag there back legs. But smell a human in the back country and there 3 drainage's over in 2 minutes!

Ryan

 

[ElkNut1]

LOL! "Elk Are Lazy" That's a good one!

ElkNut1

 

[>>>---WW---->]

Very true! If a fence is 3 feet hi, they will clear it by no more than an inch and usually clip the top wire. If the fence is 5 feet high, it is the same. Unless pressured, they will put no effort than necessary to clear it. I have seen pressured elk not jump at all and instead they just crash head on into a fence and tear the heck out of it.

Next time you are out hunting or scouting, be sure to look at just about any log that has fallen across a trail. There will be drag marks on it almost every time. Even if it is only a 12" log, you'll see the drag marks. Deer will either jump or step over the log but elk will drag their feet almost every time.

 

[Jody Cyr]

Agreed! Especially the Roosevelt's!

 

[cnelk]

Elk are also 'beggars' - which goes along with being lazy...

 

[>>>---WW---->]

Elk are also 'beggars' - which goes along with being lazy...

Especiall if you have a haystack and it is January. LOL!

 

[>>>---WW---->]

Not so sure the marks on the rock are made by elk. Kinda looks like a big kitty cat sharpening up hi claws.

 

[Ralph]

What? Really? I think the picture are a bit misleading. That is rock! I know the last time I checked, hooves are not harder than granite and those marks are a single drag not repetitious impact . Look on the left, the "ELK" decided to scrape its hooves over the top of the rock instead of walking around? I would bet aliens before elk made these marks.

 

[flytrait]

It's elk they are just marking down the days until September

 

[Ryan Avery]

It's elk they are just marking down the days until September

flytrait, you might be on to something!

 

[trophyhill]

elk may be lazy at times but i know a few hunters that are hands down lazier

 

[flytrait]

elk may be lazy at times but i know a few hunters that are hands down lazier

Now that's funny!

 

[bowinhand]

I should have put my nalgene bottle down for scale... the rock was roughly the size of a med trash can lid. Maybe lazy was too harsh how about experts at conserving energy?

 

[aggieland]

I think we are going to need a DNA test on any tissue you can find on that rock, just to clear the air here..