Need tracking help

[tjthebest]

Animals do not need all 4 legs to travel long distances.

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

Cannot see picture, but if near (within reasonable distance) of Centralia am willing to come help look.
I see picture now,pretty small for leg of an elk.
surprisingly clean...
 
head downhill towards any drainage,
.
It is pretty cold out so there is a chance of salvaging something.
Go out tonight and listen for coyotes, they will be on that animal.
If it is dead, crows and jays during early daylight.

[kenzmad]

Get ahold of Elk247. He is a bloodhound!

[zike]

Animal with a damaged front leg will avoid going down hill, you can tell by the tracks. They will slip a lot going downhill. Bad rear leg will not like to climb, if you can tell what leg it is, it will give you an idea where to look.

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

Comparing size of bone to lighter, might be rib..
it is probably lying in the bottom of a ditch under a bush near last blood...
where are you going to be at 4:30 AM ?
I am willing to help if I am able.

[Magnum_Willys]

Yea leg shots can stop bleeding completely in an hour or so.  I've seen them lay overnight then get up and hobble away the next day.  He is within 1000 yards of you though if not pushed.   Couple guys and start grid search hunt  - 20-50 yards apart, walk half-mile loop back.  good luck.  You will find him if you have the patience and terrain isnt doghair reprod. 

[elkaddict652]

Dog hair reprod is exactly what it is. Why it took us 5 hrs the day before.

[pilebuck]

I feel bad for you guys it sucks I know exactly how it feels alot of good suggestions so far.Good luck the effort counts I have been there and the only thing that made me feel better was I put a good honest effort to find the animal 

[elkaddict652]

Were gonna try again tomorrow *censored*ty thing is I have to take a math test tomorrow at 10 so I have that to mess with.

[mfswallace]

So another hunt wa member and myself were out hunting the last day yesterday and I shot an elk. 165yd broadside shot, thought I nailed him pretty good but he jumped Straight into the thickest brush ever. We followed his blood trail for a total of 5 hrs in and out of the brush. It went from heavy to almost nonexistent, and along the way we found the three following bones mixed in with the blood trail. Anybody seen this before or know where I could have hit him? We let him lay over night and tried again today and still nothing. Really not sure how his blood trail just disappeared, we lost it on a gravel road so it wasn't like he could have went far.

What shot angle, where did u aim, running shot?? Seems like Need more info to give any solid advise 

[billythekidrock]

I agree. Leg bone.
Seen several deer and elk that have lived with this type of wound.

[elkaddict652]

Shot angle he was facing me but quartering away, I said broadside but I think quartering would be a Better description. I aimed for the heart an he was sittin chewing grass. I believe that answers all above^

[jrebel]

Those don't look like leg bone to me....first, it is two small to be leg bone and second, leg bones are round or oval and those bones are not. 

Possibly:
Rib??
Spinal Processes ??
Jaw bone??

hard to tell for sure, but does not look like leg.

[billythekidrock]

Nope. Definitely shattered leg bone.

[Outdoorskindaguy]

If you shot a leg hes probably still alive. so if your trying to find him i would go to last blood you found and then stop following blood and just go in circles or go into where you think he might be and hunt instead of track. If you keep on following a blood trail in thick brush your likely to just keep pushing him without ever getting a chance to spot him.another thing to keep in mind, if he has had a chance to stiffen up and is bedded down he might let you walk right by him and not move depending on how secure he feels, (they know when they are hidden).had a buck do that to me... anyways Good luck