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That elk herd picture reminds me of when I was driving in northwest Colorado about 10 years ago, in late winter. I was on a straight country road, and noticed there was a road kill mule deer about every few hundred yards. I had never seen such a concentration of road kill! Better keep an eye out I thought, especially as it was late in the day just before dusk. Then up ahead I saw a mule deer on the side of the road, ready to cross. I slowed down, and looked behind him to see if there were more, I've had enough near-misses and a few hits just driving in suburban Chicago with deer and know there's usually more than one. Sure enough, there was another behind it. Then another, then another... next thing you know there were many dozen, maybe a hundred, crossing the road in front of me. It was an amazing sight to me, whitetails just don't form herds that big!
Suddenly I could understand all the road kill I saw, at night it would be hard to avoid them when they cross in such numbers.
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