Cow with scar any Idea what caused it?

[Meat Truck]

Definite Sasquatch attack. When my brother got jumped by one, he had marks like that, and his corn hole hurt for a month.

[billythekidrock]

No possible way that a bullet did that.  Not from a legal hunting rifle anyway.

The hydrostatic shock would put her down.  Even the blast from a .30/30 would put the spinal cord into useless fits.

Amazing how an arrow can be incredibly lethal but can also miss, so perfectly, anything vital.

There is actually quite a bit of room for error in that area regardless of what you are shooting.

I shot a yearly elk with my muzzle loader and 250 gr bullet in the same spot. The elk went down, until I walked up to it. Then it took off. Luckily I realized I hit high, reloaded and snuck in at the ready and was able to put one through the boilermaker on the run.

One year we found a broad head lodged in the vertebrae of a rifle killed bull.
And another time we found a healed up bullet hole in  an archery killed bull. The bullet shattered/removed the arch off of the vertebrae.

I guess "no possible way" is a pretty bold statement but it's still hard to feature that this particular wound was from a bullet

I agree. I am pretty sure this one is a broad head.

[coachcw]

I'd say arrow. I miss judgedo a cow once and hit a cow high like that .I know we it wasn't good when the arrow went thirty yards behind her, saw her the next day running with the herd with a blood stain keeping up just fine. I assumed she made it fine. Still sucked and made me feel crappy.

[Old Man Yager]

Don't know what got into her, but I think elk and deer are alot tougher than people think. I shot a nice buck in what is now Hancock about 12 years ago, one of his front legs was about 3 inches shorter than the other. The upper part of that leg was deformed where he healed up. My dad had 2 bulls he shot in forks years ago, one had an broadhead in his neck, and the other one had a muzzleloader ball in his front shoulder, these animals are tough!

[bearpaw]

Don't know what got into her, but I think elk and deer are alot tougher than people think. I shot a nice buck in what is now Hancock about 12 years ago, one of his front legs was about 3 inches shorter than the other. The upper part of that leg was deformed where he healed up. My dad had 2 bulls he shot in forks years ago, one had an broadhead in his neck, and the other one had a muzzleloader ball in his front shoulder, these animals are tough!

  Animals are much tougher than most people think. We get animals every year that have old wounds, large caliber bullets, 22 bullets, birdshot, predator attacks, etc and have healed up and doing fine. Last year we got three animals later in the season that have been wounded earlier in the season and were well healed in only 1-2 weeks.

[ShedHead20]

Elk are extremely tough animals, my dad killed a cow in archery season several years back with a muzzleloader ball bedded in her spine. He said she was walking completely normal with no problems.

[Barbarossa13]

That's the truth ShedHead20.  A few years ago we were butchering a cow my dad harvested and found a broadhead and 2'' of shaft in the backstrap. 

[Meat Truck]

My old man killed a nice 5 point that had a broadhead and about 3 inches of busted arrow in it's backbone.  Bone had grown around the wound, it was crazy.  Those elk are tough SOB's.

[coxral]

I'm going with rub marks from a bulls hooves while mounting her!