I Spent the better part of two days following and watching this guy move about the park as I waited for the light, weather, and for him to stop in a patch of fall foliage like this!
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Kyle Carter
Awesome shot, love the colors. The one time I have been to Alaska was in the winter so I didn’t get to see anything but snow. Plus with being a truck driver I didn’t have time to stop and use my camera much.
Lynn
Fantastic shot! I shared a link to this page on Facebook. (:
Sure was! Fantastic! I love the twists of their antlers. So different from elk!
Anand Narayanan
Nice meeting you in person 🙂
Your persistence has paid off, that is pretty close and yet he seems at peace.
Thanks for the tip. I managed to see around 20 caribou on the last evening/morning. The highlight was following a herd of 5 big guys who were strolling aimlessly.
Stuck with some work now, will post some pics on the alaska forum in npn in a week or so.
@ Anand It was nice to meet you as well. We spent a day following that band of 5 way up into the hills – there were a couple of monsters in that group!
@ Carl This was Sept 1 and he really hadn’t started losing his velvet yet. We still had some losing velvet on Sept 3.
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Awesome shot, love the colors. The one time I have been to Alaska was in the winter so I didn’t get to see anything but snow. Plus with being a truck driver I didn’t have time to stop and use my camera much.
Fantastic shot! I shared a link to this page on Facebook. (:
The wait was worth it!
Sure was! Fantastic! I love the twists of their antlers. So different from elk!
Nice meeting you in person 🙂
Your persistence has paid off, that is pretty close and yet he seems at peace.
Thanks for the tip. I managed to see around 20 caribou on the last evening/morning. The highlight was following a herd of 5 big guys who were strolling aimlessly.
Stuck with some work now, will post some pics on the alaska forum in npn in a week or so.
Anand
Hey Ron,
Nice; I’m surprised he still wore his velvet; usually Aug 25-27 is when they drop.
Cheers
Carl
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Thanks a lot everyone!
@ Anand It was nice to meet you as well. We spent a day following that band of 5 way up into the hills – there were a couple of monsters in that group!
@ Carl This was Sept 1 and he really hadn’t started losing his velvet yet. We still had some losing velvet on Sept 3.