The elk adapt CJ. The rangers said the trapping program was discontinued after the cows learned how to cope with the bears. The normal routine is for a cow to feed her calf no more than 2 times a day & the calf is left alone with the cow a couple hundred yards away the rest of the day. But they said there was at least one cow that stayed with her calf & beat the snot out of any bear that ventured near. .. I would love to see that!