View Full Version : This elk's a survivor
Clint_S
05-17-2015, 06:58 PM
I've got pics of this guy 3 yrs running now and thought he was a goner the first winter.
It's not apparent in the still but video shows his left leg apparently broken at the hock.
I don't have him in video this year so not sure if can actually bear weight on the leg now but his whole hip has atrophied.
He lives in some pretty steep ground on the whole so I'm surprised he's still around.
http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv133/Stubby_01/Post/gimpy%202013_zps9dr07kjg.jpg
http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv133/Stubby_01/Post/gimpy%202014_zps48dcgcfv.jpg
http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv133/Stubby_01/Post/gimpy%202015_zpsiaht5rf4.jpg
ElectricDyck
05-17-2015, 08:46 PM
Crazy, wish I were that tough..
elkhunterette
05-17-2015, 08:57 PM
Cool pictures.
boxhitch
05-18-2015, 05:50 AM
Antlers seem equal , he seems to be getting along ok if the tale about odd growth has any merit.
Critters that dig in snow for a living can get by with one rear better than one front leg.
hunter1947
05-19-2015, 06:04 AM
Nice trail pic if I was you I would be looking for his cast antlers he probably cast them near by ,,Thanks for sharing..
Clint_S
11-12-2015, 08:43 AM
Good to see this guy made it through the year. See if he's still around in the spring,
http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv133/Stubby_01/elk/gimpy%202015_zps0rwltkkd.jpg
ElliotMoose
11-12-2015, 08:57 AM
Beauty bull. Didn't get a shot at him this year or what?
Sitkaspruce
11-12-2015, 11:13 AM
They are way tougher than we give them credit for!!! Way tougher than us!!!!!
Great bull, thanks for sharing!!!
Cheers
SS
Wrayzer
11-12-2015, 11:20 AM
Good to see this guy made it through the year. See if he's still around in the spring,
http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv133/Stubby_01/elk/gimpy%202015_zps0rwltkkd.jpg
Tough animals forsure,. Good beam length on the guy. Even better next season.
horshur
11-12-2015, 06:00 PM
He don't rut anymore, I would bet, which is why he has survived.
mwalter
11-12-2015, 08:01 PM
Rutting would be hard on him but do some old Bulls stop rutting? I have never heard of not rutting do they retire to Arizona eventually ?
horshur
11-12-2015, 08:06 PM
Rutting would be hard on him but do some old Bulls stop rutting? I have never heard of not rutting do they retire to Arizona eventually ?
I only speculate but him dragging that rear leg ...doubt he can mount a cow...or defend his harem
WKCotts
11-12-2015, 08:06 PM
Rutting would be hard on him but do some old Bulls stop rutting? I have never heard of not rutting do they retire to Arizona eventually ?
They do. Some of the biggest mule deer bucks will as well
budismyhorse
11-12-2015, 08:08 PM
Great thread!
google "shirkers" and get an article Val Geist wrote on the subject. It's worth the read
elch jager
11-13-2015, 12:10 PM
Great thread!
google "shirkers" and get an article Val Geist wrote on the subject. It's worth the read
Thanks for that. I will be sharing that link with a few anti-hunting academic acquaintances.
wideopenthrottle
11-13-2015, 12:25 PM
if you shoot that one you will be bummed at getting less meat on the one quarter...jk, good luck with that tough guy and shoot away
wideopenthrottle
11-14-2015, 11:07 AM
that shirkers article was interesting...reminded me of the comic book advertisement about the 90 lb weakling that gets sand kicked in his face by the tough guy at the beach (where the girls are)..so he stays away and works out till he is tough enough to take on the bully at the beach...heheheh
Chopper
11-14-2015, 06:40 PM
deer, elk , moose ect ... will commonly survive with 2 broken legs ... a single broken leg they are all but guaranteed to survive , unless they are brought down by predators.
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