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Elk: Didnt yo mama ever teach you to not play in the street sir!?!? 😂

a car could have honked and approached like the one car finally did, long beofre then !

❤🦌💕c'est de l'inconscience animal sauvage ,ELKE se sent insulter ,l'humain refuse le combat .

You just can't fix stupid! Stupid people like this idiot give photographers a bad rap.

I hate it when I see photos and videos that show the the act of or the result of inappropriate interactions with wildlife. The bystanders allowed this unsafe situation to proceed and would have actually been kinder to drive up and remove the photographer, despite ruining his continuing photo session. And the white SUV that does come help him get away in no way appears to be staffed by rangers. The photographer is lucky to have escaped with nothing but a headache. LEAVE WILDLIFE WILD!

absolute moron

This is stupid, leave animals alone

Patience & mucho cajones! 😬

The elk was just playing. This looks like a young male, and he keeps bowing his head to challenge him to a play fight, basically the elk equivalent of a guy coming up to you asking you to arm wrestle. The man kept bowing his head, too, which signalizes to the elk that he accepts the joust and wants to spar with him, even if the photographer obviously doesn't mean that. The elk was messing around with him and being cheeky; if he actually wanted to hurt the man, he would have inflicted some serious damage in a matter of seconds. Notice how the elk keeps backing away and waiting before bowing his head, giving the man a chance to "prepare". He was just trying to show the man up and play tough, and you could seee him leaving the man alone after he stands up and doesn't responds to the head bowing.

Elk was just messing with him lol

The photographer appeared to encourage the bull by lowering his head at times to effectively challenge the bull. Notice the bull would respond by faint charging him. To the bull and apparently the photographer, this was play. From my observation sitting low and lowering the head was provoking the animal. Just the act of standing up caused the elk to back off. That was a clue to make a jester and noise to intimidate and scare the elk off. That is only my perspective and might not have been evident to the photographer.

Идиотские игры. Он мог его проткнуть и всё, кранты фотографу

I think what's more impressive is that the SUV never moved in to back the elk off

I think photographer darwin started the trouble. People like this make me sic. I don't feel sorry for them ehen they are gored. I feel sorry for the elk and all this animals that are exposed to things like this piece of work.

i love to see those pictures he catch 😂

At 5:01 you see how the elk got scared and ran back lol. It's so odd how animals can't see how things are. To the elk, he was a smaller creature and all of a sudden it grew to a huge animal of his own stature. The same way they say for mountain lions you're supposed to grab something big and hold it over your head to appear "larger" lol

I think the horns are made to run you through like a saber

I know instinctively the man wants to protect his face but everytime he puts his head down the bull wants to headbutt him. He stayed calm though- awesome video

Safe and respectful distance? If he didn't have the time to go back to his vehicle he wasn't at a safe and respectful distance. I'm disappointed this moron wasn't killed by the elk and instead caused the death of the elk.

Please stop approaching wild animals, cause the animal usually always suffers in the end, when they have to euthanized them.

Makes you wonder about the competancy of the people that work for conservation departments. While the photographer put himself in a potentially dangerous situation, the elk sparred in a half-hearted manner. To arbitrarily put the animal down was unneccesary.

Why is nobody helping? The GMC and whoever is fuming here are real assholes. This guy could have been gored to death as you look on filming from your vehicle. Drive up and help for fucks sake. This is what is wrong with society.

Thanks to this photographer, this elk has been shot and killed. Leave nature alone.

Guy is lucky that was a young buck. Just curious and not really knowing what he is doing. If this was a full grown male that photographer would have been gored.

All he is doing is letting that elk be comfortable with people and someone will take him out I'm a hunter not cool

Shame on the people just filming it

That man should get his ass kicked shame on him u would drive up scare the elk away and beat his ass

Everybody standing around so idiotic pretty much “if he dies he dies, at least we got it on camera…”

The “playing” comments seem very naive to me. You can tell it’s the start of Fall rutting by the leaves and the elks behavior. The elk is “playing” with increased testosterone coursing through his veins, and should not be taken lightly. I’m glad no one was seriously hurt, though I’d wager the photographer might have some skull and neck pain afterwards. Now that I think about it, he’s lucky he didn’t get concussed as well.

Person in the burgundy crossover is a FN idiot! Could have came up and honked at least! It would have gotten scared away. But no let's just see if this young elk horns him in the throat 🤦🤦

... and that is the backstory to tonight's Elk menu... So, will it be chops, ribs or our premium Elk Burger?

ELK: Bow down! MAN: Ok 🎩🎩🎩

A film kapcsán csak a fotós általam okosnak ítélt viselkedése merült fel bennem. Második gondolatom az volt, hogy bizonyára érezte a kamera működését is az állat, mivel neki az emberénél sokkal kifinomultabb szaglása, érzkelse van. A harmadik, talán legfontosabb gondolatom: miért nem hagyjuk őket békén? Miért nem érjük be a véletlenül megfigyelhető pillanatokkal. Az etetéssel kutya, macska, baromfi etetésével is nagy károkat okozunk: gátoljuk a természetes életmódot és szelektálást is pusztán azért, met érzelmi-anyagi hasznot akarunk meríteni belőlük, netán egy jó videóval a fotós elismert fotós hős szerepbe kerül. Sajnálom az állatokat, s hibáztatom a természetes korlátokat fel nem ismerő, folyton megszegő, ledöntő emberiséget.

seems like a real genius

i like how the elk seems disappointed when he stands up, he had fun.

Screw the person in the other car not doing shit. Wtf is wrong with her

Perhaps it's because I am tired. but I really don't see this being real? Location is sure, Man is... but that a staged event or ?

why are deers like this to humans, using their horns, no fear and all that, but when its against hyenas or wolves its as if they forgot they have horns, never fights back and lets themselves be eaten alive

Why didn't one of the drivers beep the horn ?

That elk could of stab him with its antlers

Dang kids ... lol. Whether it is a sixteen year old teenage boy or a young bull elk, they all act the same ... like brats!

I was feeling bad for the photographer... until he started taking his camera out..

Only a man with a true passion for photography, would sit there and be bullied by an elk...while still trying to get the best shot!

I had a back yard buck challenge me when I was just going to my car...I had to retreat to my apt. Because he wasn't backing down... now there was a lot of doe's around and they liked me,, so he probably saw me as a rival..so be careful when you are friends with the doe's the buck of the herd is watching you from some where. That photographer was lucky,, I would have no idea what to do that close out in the open... good thing his friends stayed in the car so you video his death..

Anyone have any idea if those photos were released would have been incredible pics

The elk was euthanized.

yeah ALL he could do was HUNKER DOWN and try to get some great selfies for his dope IG page A HIUH HIUH! Guess what pal, the animal is smarter and stronger than you, get up and walk away.

this guy is an adiot

ouch!

Dude could have easily lost an eye when that bull was getting a little too excited that’s when you grab one of the antlers and give him a slug in the face then back up slowly most likely that will show him that you don’t wanna play