Moonspear Follow the neon in young lovers' eyes

This way and that, the cow elk tried to get past him, pausing occasionally to stride along harmlessly and bugle for her calf. He kept his focus on her, though, for quite some time- hoping that the others would herd the calf away so that he didn't have to worry about getting trampled by its upset mother. The rest of the herd had loped off far enough that he believed that they too posed no threat- but the cow elk was pacing, and becoming restless. This wore on Bronco, who padded parallel to her, pausing every time she did, and putting some pressure on her every time she looked a bit too fretful to remind her that it was just as well that she didn't try something stupid. She would have to morn her child, but she needn't get herself injured too. 

She bolted in a sort of bluff charge at him a few times, and he stood his ground, snapping and snarling, and taking the ground back as she recoiled. Once he'd had enough of this, though, he waited for her to stop stomping her hooves and retreat before he charged her in earnest, aiming at her back heels with a savage snarl. He was done babysitting the mother, and needed to get the point across that she simply needed to leave, and do it now. He snapped at one of her ankles, and his teeth grazed the flesh there. A hoof soared just above his temple, but the pain from even just nipping her made her go into an alarm mode, and bolt off toward the rest of the elk. While she clearly hadn't wanted to abandon her calf, her self-preservation instincts were much stronger. 

He eyed the herd which had trotted off into the distance, near the limits where he could see and beyond the treeline and he felt that they were far enough away, now, that he ought not have to worry about the mother elk returning with others to try and seize the calf. Speaking of- he turned, and began to approach the others, but kept his frame low. They seemed to have the situation more or less planned out, and the last thing he wanted to do was spook it in the wrong direction.