OK, how many points is THIS guy??

Deer?!  Oh my goodness!! J/K

They are undoubtedly elk.  I am really thinking they are Roosevelt Elk.  Rocky Mountain and Roosevelt look very similar, except that the Rocky Mountain Elk normally have a wider spread between the antlers, and the Roosevelt will often get a 'webbed' portion at the end of their antlers.  Also, and I hate to admit it, Roosevelt are a larger species of elk than my beloved Rocky Mountain Elk. 

Here in Utah, and across most of the west I think, this guy would be considered a 6-point bull.  The little nubs will count if they are at least 1" long, but if I were a guide trying to show a paying client a 7-point, I would recommend we passed on this one just in case the nubs aren't long enough to score.  If the nubs are long enough, he would be deemed a 6X8.

I cannot be certain that he is a 6-point, because with a straight on shot like this it's hard to tell if the last points are hidden behind the 'swords' (the longest, tallest points).  I would guess that in this case, the last points are hiding because it is such a typical growth pattern and this is one big bull.

OK, so since you probably don't really care about all this elk info..., the photos are great!  Really.  I wish the fence wasn't in the background of the first one, and if it were possible to use a longer lens and a wider aperture I would recommend it to help blur that into oblivion.  The image of the cow elk is beautiful.  I really love it.  Are these captive elk, or are you just that close to a park of some sort that they don't care too much about people?  Either way, I'm jealous.  I love elk and mule deer and never get tired of seeing them.  Thanks for making my day!

Travis

Oh yes, these are definitely elk, did I say deer?  hm

And you call yourself a redneck. shame SHAME

http://www.boone-crockett.org/pdf/elktp.pdf

This will show you how to score your Elk.

That's about all I do now. I did ALOT of deer hunting as a kid. We game managed a ranch in the hill country with TPWD to get the deer population leveled out to increase quality. The first four years wasn't even hunting to me. We had to take out 50-75 deer a year on less than 800 acres. After that I rarely killed any deer. Maybe one or two a year; I lost the taste for it. I haven't killed a deer since I was 17 years old, and that was 15 years ago.

I do hunt dove and quail still, but only a couple times a year. I have access to some of the best waterfowl grounds in Harris county and know some really good guides too. I just don't like being cold and wet. We trap wild hogs for our neighbors. Still fish too. We have a house at Galveston that makes that convenient.

no
it was a 91 chevy stepside with elk horns mounted to the hood.

Okay, as promised, here's a side view of the same buck: