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It was the site over this pair sparring that caught my eye as I drove by the farm and lead me to drive up past the pastures for a closer look. These pictures were taken a low light with the telephoto lense of my Hitachi Camcorder so they lack definition but do seem to convey the feeling or mood of the scene. Elk are substantially more then just big deer, they are graceful very big animals and at this time of the year without their summer head dress. It is the antlers that make these animals valuable. As these horns emerge each year they are covered with a blood enriched velvet that contains significant