I spend most of hunting season at the ranch. We all love to hunt whitetails, and we have a pretty good supply in South Texas. I also love to hunt elk in Arizona, mule deer in Utah, and I've been to Canada to hunt caribou.
My favorite animal to hunt is probably elk. There's nothing like the sound of a bugling bull splitting the cold air at first light. And that smell is unmistakable. Once you experience their musk in the wild there's no going back! A close second would be a varmint hunt.
The last time I played golf with President Ford he hit a birdie. And an eagle, a moose, an elk, an aardvark...
Call me crazy - I love elk meat!
It's true: Every time you kill an elk, you're saving some cow's life.
You know, buffalo are significantly bigger than elk. I grew up near Yellowstone so I've been near buffalo. Buffalo are huge.
The elks, on the other hand live up in the hills, and in the spring they come down for their annual convention. It is very interesting to watch them come to the water hole. And you should see them run when they find it is only a water hole. What they're looking for is an 'elk-a-hole'.
Avoid the traffic by using one of the park's shuttle buses and view the elk rut with a park ranger.
I haven't got anything against cats. I haven't got anything against elk either, but that doesn't mean I'm going to keep one in the store so I'll have a place to hang my hat.
Woe be unto man, who ought to follow, but does not follow, these dumb quadrupeds [Elk] that are irrational and speechless, but so faithful toward one another that one lays down his life for the sake of his mate or his young one.
Founder of the Sassanian Dynasty
