Wild Bill, the Duke and I just spent three days in the King Range, that 4,000 foot mountain range that forms the backdrop to the 28-mile Lost Coast Trail. On Saturday we topped King Peak at 4,200 feet and spent two hours having lunch and enjoying the incredible view. On Sunday, we drove down to Bear Harbor to see Needle Point, and the ocean-side visitor center. There’s a barn nearby that offers backpackers a place to sleep and a picnic bench for breakfast as you look through a window to the Pacific Ocean. Besides the incredible ocean views, a herd of elk appeared and ambled in front of our car.Be light. Be safe. Be one with the pack.
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I was thinking that the deer were remarkably calm until I remembered that it is time for the rut. That could be why the male is in with the females, assuming elk behave like our red deer. They may have been preoccupied and annoyed with you rather than calm. Perhaps good that you were not on foot.