Why won't males ask for directions?

He was obviously lost, but like all males wouldn't ask for directions. He was standing in a yard down below our neighborhood and Mark took his picture. Since we live at the foot of the mountains where a huge elk herd occasionally moves down from higher pastures in the winter, we have seen elk on the hillside behind us - but not one just down the road. This big boy ended up with a tranquilizer dart courtesy of the Division of Wildlife Services and won a free trip out of town.