How to handle the privileges and dangers of calving season in the Colorado mountains

How to handle the privileges and dangers of calving season in the Colorado mountains

Tracy Feldman and Chrissy Lundquist were hiking Adam’s Way trail in Eagle with Chrissy’s two dogs on June 2 when they spotted something out of the ordinary tucked into the sage near the trail. As they got closer, they realized it was a baby ungulate, a deer or an elk, curled up, motionless but awake and breathing, with no visible injuries. Even as the women and leashed dogs approached and then passed the animal, it did not react to their presenc…

How to handle the privileges and dangers of calving season in the Colorado mountains

Tracy Feldman and Chrissy Lundquist were hiking Adam’s Way trail in Eagle with Chrissy’s two dogs on June 2 when they spotted something out of the ordinary tucked into the sage near the trail. As they got closer, they realized it was a baby ungulate, a deer or an elk, curled up, motionless but awake and breathing, with no visible injuries. “It was just lying there, and it wasn’t moving,” Feldman said. Even as the women and leashed dogs approache…