There was a server issue a couple of weeks ago that zapped some threads, either that or someone didn't want others to know that there are still large elk in Montana.
Anything posted from sometime on 1/14 through about a week later has vamoooosed into thin air. I for one would love to see your pics and read your story once again, it was very impressive.
This was the best self timed shot I got from the tripod....I wished I would have taken more, from a few different angles. Unlikely to ever run into another one like him.