I unfortunately have had the pleasure of having an elk ride shotgun, for a very short ride. I was lucky, the elk survived but was unconscious and didn't kick me to death in the cab of the truck. Ruined a brand new (was on the way back from the dealer) company truck, it wasn't for me, I was just the driver picking it up. Wrong place, right time so to speak.
Kenny I liked "F/8 and be there". At one point in my life I wanted to be a photographer, a new Canon AE-1 and all the kit a summer job would buy and a desire to take breathtaking pictures, this I'm afraid does not make a "Photographer", it did make some film processor very very happy
If we had digital cameras in those days I think there would have been more great photographers. My uncle who is a professional photographer, has said that many many times. He owned the first digital camera I ever saw a Nikon F3 body with a digital back, from what I remember it wasn't the success that he thought it would be, or hoped