The day after arriving at the cabin in Donnelly, we decided to go for a horse drawn sleigh ride. The company we found took us on a short sleigh ride that ended in a clearing that is a wintering home to over 120 wild elk.
The elk cautiously approched the stopped sleigh and began to feed on the bales of hay that we were sitting on. We had been instructed to be very still and quiet and reminded that these were wild animals. Hard to believe that you can barely get within a 100 yards of these animals during hunting season before they bolt.
Even a trophy buck!
Talk about up close and personal. This female adult elk, (cow), choose Erica's seat as her choice for a late lunch.
While another younger cow dined inches away from Shelly and Bryce. Both evidentally had to move as the elk continued to nudge them over to get at the warmer hay.
The elk cautiously approched the stopped sleigh and began to feed on the bales of hay that we were sitting on. We had been instructed to be very still and quiet and reminded that these were wild animals. Hard to believe that you can barely get within a 100 yards of these animals during hunting season before they bolt.
Even a trophy buck! 
Talk about up close and personal. This female adult elk, (cow), choose Erica's seat as her choice for a late lunch.
While another younger cow dined inches away from Shelly and Bryce. Both evidentally had to move as the elk continued to nudge them over to get at the warmer hay.
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