Lame/Gimpy elk

[NOCK NOCK]

Not sure what her issue is, old wound maybe?  Still getting around, but not looking super healthy.

[Blacktail Sniper]

Looks like an issue with her hip? 

In an area close enough to a road/hiway she could have gotten clipped by a vehicle?

[NOCK NOCK]

Nope, she would have had to travel MILES from here to get hit by a car. Her other side looked a little better, I'm guessing old injury from....bad hunting shot or cat.

[carpsniperg2]

With that view and watching the socket when she moves. It looks likes it could be popped out of socket. Critters fall in the wild and etc.

[NOCK NOCK]

Carp, watching it again after you said that, that may be it. Even looks as if it is popping in and out when she moves.

[carpsniperg2]

Yeah I think that's what we see moving around in the video.

[yakimanoob]

Yeah, looks like a hip out of socket.  Apparently they can learn to live with this for many years, as there's been a cow with a similar injury hanging around Oak Creek feeding station for something like 4-5 years now.  That cow holds her leg completely up -- no weight on it at all.