how many of you have taken a wounded Elk

[Shawn Ryan]

I shot my first archery cow broadside; aluminum arrow broke in half. Shot went through the nearside lung and liver.  Found her 3 days later about a mile away, still alive, but almost dead with gallons of coagulated blood in her chest. My buddy finished her as we sneaked in close.  My 1/2 arrow was still inside her, cutting on both the broadside end and the broken aluminum end.

Shot a mule deer buck on the edge of the Palouse that had a fully expanded .30 caliber bullet on the outside of the ribs:  bullet had shot through the rib cage, but not exited the skin.  The bullet was encased in scar tissue. I have no idea how the deer survived that previous shot.

Shot another mule deer in the Palouse that had its rear leg blown apart at the ankle. Bare bone sticking out, severed completely, and barely hanging on by a little skin and tendons.  The buck was still getting around, but not using that rear leg at all.

[carver52]

I've never shot an elk, but several deer have had wounds.  One was a whitetail buck that had been jumped by hounds{hunting in Louisiana hound season}.  Heard several shots fired then hounds went another direction.  Soon a buck came toward me stumbling along and bedded 30 feet from me watching his back trail with head up, ears scanning.  Finished him off.  On dressing him out found he had no heart left in his chest and largest piece of lung tissue was silver dollar size.  Two rounds from .270 destroyed the chest and several 00 buck pellets were scattered around.
Killed another whitetail with 14" of spinal column exposed  by a bullet that never quite hit the bones.  Both bucks had traveled between a 1/4 to 1/2 mile before I helped them along.  Tough animals for sure.

[RadSav]

I'd bet nearly half of my bulls have had bullets or round balls in them.  None were hampered by them at all.  Never knew until I butchered them.  My biggest blacktail was mounting a doe when I shot him.  He had a hole in his back so big I could put four fingers in it and down between his ribs and his shoulder blade.  This was a week after rifle season in OR.  Freaky seeing maggots living in a live deer that was heck bent on leaving his last seeds in a doe.  Doubt he would have made it through the winter, but he was getting it done while he could!

[wog]

jumped a cow bedded down, heard her run off, eased in and found blood in bed, thought it was one of my guys so i waited 2 hours no one showed up. found blood trail in and blood trail out finally, tracked about 1/2 hour, when she ran into a downed log with broken branch witch she rammed with back right leg at the knee started good blood trail. another 1/4 mile i caught up and finished off at 10 yard. caught up to her on a cliff she had no where to go but down or back over me she fell 150 feet but was dead before she hit the ground. another cow 3 years ago with broadhead slice thur her nose , she had been on the run , probably chased by and bumped a 1/2 dozen guys in nile, was soaking wet with sweat and looked completly paniced at 20 yards was happy to get her after i dressed her out i saw her nose wound, that had to hurt and may have eventully killed her

[go4steelhd]

I took this guy during 2010 rifle season. The dark spot on the shoulder is from where he was hit with an arrow. Just the broad head was left in his shoulder and it had become infected.

[Bucks2Ducks]

Oh man that had to be one up set archer, just a bit to far forward. At least that bull didn't go to waste!

[bullkiller]

The bull I killed last year had a total of 11 -22 bullets in it.  Thought out the left side and both back quarters.  Didn't have a clue anything was wrong with him until we skinned him out.

[coachcw]

The bull I killed last year had a total of 11 -22 bullets in it.  Thought out the left side and both back quarters.  Didn't have a clue anything was wrong with him until we skinned him out.

22 cal ?

[coachcw]

berger vlds wound the hell out of elk 

[tjthebest]

When i was younger i shot a doe that had both of her ears clipped. Like she ran under a lawn mower or just barely missed being scalped. Game check station aged her at 9 years old. not sure how she lived so long with only half of both her ears... Im not sure if  i even have a picture. ill have to ask my dad.

[lee]

I'd bet nearly half of my bulls have had bullets or round balls in them.  None were hampered by them at all.  Never knew until I butchered them.  My biggest blacktail was mounting a doe when I shot him.  He had a hole in his back so big I could put four fingers in it and down between his ribs and his shoulder blade.  This was a week after rifle season in OR.  Freaky seeing maggots living in a live deer that was heck bent on leaving his last seeds in a doe.  Doubt he would have made it through the winter, but he was getting it done while he could!

Did you let him finish his business before ya harvested him?   

[erk444]

When i was younger i shot a doe that had both of her ears clipped. Like she ran under a lawn mower or just barely missed being scalped. Game check station aged her at 9 years old. not sure how she lived so long with only half of both her ears... Im not sure if  i even have a picture. ill have to ask my dad.

I shot a whitetail doe a number of years ago near Curlew that had a half of ear on one side. The land owner laughed when I told him and said they would do that when they came across new fawns in their fields during the spring.

[hiway_99]

My cow elk from montana this year had bird shot in the front quarter.  I found a few pellets when I was cutting up the meat.

[westernarcher]

Surprised to hear of all the elk w bullets in them. Seems like all you ever hear is how many animals archery hunters wound.

My first elk i shot had just gotten shot in the front leg. I heard the shot and about 2 minutes later a spike came hobbling into the clearcut I was watching. I finished it off and waited about 10 min for the shooter to follow up. Nobody showed so I tagged it.
Upon getting back to the truck with the first load of meat a guy came out riding his bicycle. I asked him if he had shot an hour earlier and he admitted to shooting but "the bullet had gone right over the elks back." He hadnt even bothered following up on the tracks.  He totally denied that this was the bull he had shot at. Said that the spikes were way taller on the one he shot at. 

[Biggerhammer]

I took this guy during 2010 rifle season. The dark spot on the shoulder is from where he was hit with an arrow. Just the broad head was left in his shoulder and it had become infected.

That Bull was someone's heart breaker! I bet the guy that launched that arrow still replays that shot every day.