Elk on Bear lake

[outdoorsman1]

This past month when I was fishing on Bear Lake with my kids and a good friend we saw something that looked like a cow wading in the lake after getting a little closer we could see that it was a bull elk that was cooling off and getting a little drink. That is the first elk that ive ever seen on the lake and thought I would share my pics.
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[hooknhunter]

Was this during the rut?
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[outdoorsman1]

Yeah, it was. I think maybe some archery hunters chased him down there. He wanted to swim across the lake until he saw us coming toward him.....
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[BiteMe]

We were up there also & saw this bull. We pulled in shortly after the Parks boat got there. I assume you were the first boat there? It looked like it turned into quite a circus with the DWR trying to scare it back up the hill. We just took a few pictures of him & decided he wanted to go swimming, so we took off to let him do his thing. Elk are great swimmers & he would not have had a problem swimming the Big Blue. My daughter took the pictures & they are a little fuzzy. She claims the boat was rocking[crazy]
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[outdoorsman1]

Thats pretty cool! That is definetly the same bull!
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