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Old 09-12-2017, 11:10 PM
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Old 09-12-2017, 11:21 PM
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I was there on Thursday too bad it didn't happen that day. Caught a few fish.
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Old 09-12-2017, 11:29 PM
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Nature at it's finest. Reminds me of the photos you see from Africa with predators taking down an ungulate next to the safari jeep. The guy got some nice shots.
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Old 09-12-2017, 11:42 PM
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Really cool stuff! Thanks for posting!
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Old 09-12-2017, 11:44 PM
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Very cool, must be lean times for the wolf to chase it and swim with it attempting to take it down in the middle of the lake but then again you take your meals where they present themselves...
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Old 09-13-2017, 06:42 AM
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Thanks for sharing, reminds me of the Moose Walker from years ago.

He's still alive and active as he out smarts his pray.

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Old 09-13-2017, 08:09 AM
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Cool! Thanks for sharing.
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Old 09-13-2017, 10:11 AM
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This is why elk like to stay near rivers, they use deep water to escape from wolves.
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Old 09-13-2017, 10:23 AM
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Is it just my eyes or does the buck possibly have a chunk of fur on its antlers?
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Old 09-13-2017, 10:27 AM
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Is it just my eyes or does the buck possibly have a chunk of fur on its antlers?
velvet?
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Old 09-13-2017, 10:31 AM
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velvet?
Looks to be red(maybe blood) on his antlers too. I don't know
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Old 09-13-2017, 10:58 AM
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All that this story needed was Michael Phelps
It was more interesting than him racing the shark
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Old 09-13-2017, 11:16 AM
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Looks to be red(maybe blood) on his antlers too. I don't know
Yes that's blood. Blood feeds the velvet. It's the bucks blood.
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Old 09-13-2017, 02:18 PM
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Just the buck shedding his velvet. Excellent pictures
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Old 09-13-2017, 02:40 PM
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Just a friendly game of tag!
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Old 09-13-2017, 06:52 PM
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I'm betting when the velvet comes off the male ungulates, that they become more susceptible to be targeted for predation due to all the blood scent. Never occurred to me before. Wonder if there is any scientific back up to prove it.
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Old 09-13-2017, 09:03 PM
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Very cool, must be lean times for the wolf to chase it and swim with it attempting to take it down in the middle of the lake but then again you take your meals where they present themselves...
Made me chuckle a little ...... image if the wolf was out in the middle of the lake and did kill the buck .......... the wolf would probably be thinking "oh $#!t - now what .... I gotta drag and swim with this thing all the way back to shore !!!!"
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