What do you think is up with this elk?

[suga]

Sounds like your dwn South    Hoof Rot !!!!!!

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[D-Rock425]

Come on! We all know it was stuck by one of those lousy bow hunters that wound animals.

Like Doc said! " grab some water bottles and snacks, we got tracking to do""

 

. Or maybe it was one of those shoot first ask questions later rifle hunters that shot a 2pt in a 3pt min area and just walked away.  Hmm I've heard this story before

[h20hunter]

Touche'

[HntnFsh]

There was another set of tracks that had blood with them. Pretty sure that one had hoof rot judging from the track itself.

What I found odd was the sprayed blood. Didnt know if a lung injury could do that. But seems likely to me. This isn't about bashing bow hunters or muzzy hunters. Its about what could cause the blood pattern.

The info about how much and how fast an elk could make blood is interesting. Also the encapsulated arrow. Looks like elk can lose a lot of blood without too much threat of it being lethal.

The blood in the spray was definitely a lighter color. So good possibility of lungs.

[h20hunter]

Did you snap any pics?

[leonpeon2]

i had the same thing happen to me over last weekend. down south
Another friend, had stuck a elk but it only wounded it so the next day i found what i thought was its tracks with blood. followed the bloody print threw some thick and thin stuff. never found the elk.
Later to find out that if the blood is in the print then its hoof rot. If it was hurt there wouldn't be blood necessary in the print itself it would be around it.

something i learned on monday from another avid elk hunter.

[rackattack]

Tracked a muzzy bull years ago in the snow that would spray blood every so often, then just drips here an there.  Found out he had been hit in the neck, a few days beforehand, and the spray was from him shaking his head and the blood in the neck hair would go everywhere.

[littlemac]

Tracked a muzzy bull years ago in the snow that would spray blood every so often, then just drips here an there.  Found out he had been hit in the neck, a few days beforehand, and the spray was from him shaking his head and the blood in the neck hair would go everywhere.

Shaking a wound would show the red blood, lung shot would definitely show the pinker shade although I imagine is may be hard to see a differrence in snow depending on how warm it is out.

Pretty good on the different scenarios though, most all are possibilities.

[fishhuntconsume]

im on the hoof rot bandwagon..... seen it many times

[MLBowhunting]

 

[jackelope]

Sounds like your dwn South    Hoof Rot !!!!!!

This.

[crschralping]

The herd could have gone through a frozen creek or ice some where and may of gotten cut up.

[HntnFsh]

I could see the hoof prints in the snow. The one that left the spray didnt have hoof rot. There was another one that did though. I didnt get a picture. It did look a lot paler color than where the blood had just dripped. But hard to say as it was diluted in the snow and much lighter spray.Not drops. I'm kind of leaning towards a non fatal lung injury. The spray was in the same direction as it was standing. And I could only tell one that was limping. Probably the one with the hoof rot.

Ive found blood in elk trails a few times. I think mostly because of hoof rot or cows dripping a little. Ive never seen anything like the spray. But Ive only hunted elk in the snow a couple times. That would probably be the only time a person would notice it cause of the contrast on the snow.

[PlateauNDN]

Did it look like this?

[sled]

Did it look like this?

?  That Looks Like Pee To me.