Several people have reported seeing elk in the Grand Lake area this week.  Below is part of an email I received from Mary Anne and Dave McCoy.

I am writing to tell you we saw a 10 point bull elk last night on McCreery Road close to the entrance to the Beach House!!  He was enormous and quite a sight at 10:00 pm!

We had just had a fantastic white fish dinner at the Portage where we heard rumors of such an animal in our area. We had been discussing this with Amy & Brian Pagels at the bar just before we headed back for the evening.   Boy were we surprised and excited to actually see him as we drove home.  He was not skittish as deer are…he just walked along the roads edge as we pulled over and watched.  He slowly veered off and went through the woods into the beach area.  We left him alone at that point not wanting to harass him.

I wonder if he has a mate here?? Wouldn't it be great to have such a breed establish itself here??  Lots of land on our side of the lake for it that is for sure!

I heard the bull has been seen with a mate and a calf.  Somebody saw them munching on apples from a tree by The Plumbery.

If anybody has any pictures of the big Bambi, I would be glad to post them here.  Please email them to barry@mypresqueisle.com

Barry