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Re:Dodging ELK!! 2 Years, 1 Month ago  
had to resize the pic ---let's try this again---me on McGregors's Slab
 
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Re:Dodging ELK!! 2 Years, 1 Month ago  
McGreggor's Slab from the road near the visitor's center----wow--what a great day that was!!!!
 
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Re:Dodging ELK!! 2 Years, 1 Month ago  
ride2escape wrote:
had to resize the pic ---let's try this again---me on McGregors's Slab

I'm assuming you had McGregor's permission? How did his wife feel about that?

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Re:Dodging ELK!! 2 Years, 1 Month ago  
Didn't someone on this forum plow into an Elk or a deer or something on their R* going around a bend at night?
 
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Re:Dodging ELK!! 2 Years, 1 Month ago  
i bounced off a moose on mine, i know someone posted a pic of a elk on blue ridge they almost hit.

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Re:Dodging ELK!! 2 Years, 1 Month ago  
slothy---bounce off a moose??? I know they are big---but big enough to bounce off and keep going??
 
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Re:Dodging ELK!! 2 Years, 1 Month ago  
look at the link i posted - shows the after math - the moose had to be put down.
 
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