Found a little Suprise in my Elk meat

[billythekidrock]

The buck I shot last year had been shot in the back of the neck and out the front probably the year before since it was healed over but the exit wound must have been 5 or 6 inches in diameter. Sure didn't look like a shot that a deer would recover from but he did. Had to buy a new cape to get him mounted.

Why buy a new cape? The scar was part of his character.

[lewy]

Found this in my 08 bull, 12 inches long with a muzzy 4 blade......

[RockChuck]

I am shocked that so many animals have been shot with 22s what are people thinking? also why so many shots in the backstrap?

[the1rod]

last year a friend of mine shot a nice blacktail out of my pasture, perfect shot right through the heart. when we got up tp it we found it had an nasty infected hole all the way through it, top to bottom like it had been shot from a tree stand.

[singleshot12]

Cow elk with about 50 lead no. 6 shot bb's in her hind quarters.
And a 177 cal. pellet in the ass of a 3 point blacktail.
Also found a blacktail shed with a 22 cal. bullet embedded in the antler.
After reading all these similar stories it confirms my belief that there are alot of *censored*heads out there  

[buckreaper]

Friend of mine shot a 3-point buck in the Snake River breaks that had a broadhead stuck in the base of the left horn about an inch above the hairline.  It penetrated all the way, just poking thru the other side.  He was really bummed about it until we all said how unique and rare it was.

[Axle]

After reading all these similar stories it confirms my belief that there are alot of *censored*heads out there 

No kidding! My thoughts too. We are the top managers in this world (as established by God). Responsibility is a key issue here and it looks like there are a lot of irresponsible idiots.

[gutsnthegrass]

I shot a 4 point mulie in the Entiat in 03 during the late hunt that had 8 inches of shaft and a rocket broadhead in the guts.  Looked like somebody took an ass shot .  I noticed he had a bit of a limp but never would have thought he had an arrow in him.  When I started skinning him out he smelled horrible and the joints were all yellow.  I wasn't able to eat him but was able to keep the head.  He is my biggest to date but always wondered if he was healthy, would I still have been able to pull it off.

[RedBul]

 Found a broadhead in my N.E. Wa. 7x8 Bull this year in the backstrap. Shot was taken quartering to the front. Not a very ethical shot.... You know who you are! Had to have been in there at least 3 weeks. He was shot during muzzleloader season. I probably saved him from a long winter. More on him later...

[BUCK SHOT]

Hmmm...I also found an arrow with 7" shaft in my N.E. wa elk this year...it too was a fresh wound-no scar tissue or puss around the area.  I don't know much about arrows but a buddy says it looks like a crossbow bolt.

[sporked horn]

The lack of ethics of some people is simply amazing.  I've only been archery hunting 3 years but each year have been presented with questionable shots on decent bulls, and passed each time.  A 5x5 quartering to at 15 yrds no shot.  A 6x7 facing me at 35 yrds no shot.  A 6x6 broadside but his vitals were covered with brush no shot.  I've had people tell me I should take those shots, they would.  But they also talk about tracking a elk for 200 yrds that was "double lunged".  I have yet to kill an elk, and it's frustrating sometimes, but part of the rush is the anticapation.  People with poor ethics and judgment in the woods just burn me up.

Dan

[letmhunt]

I found a two blade stinger broadhead in my elk this year. Oh! wait im sorry that would be my own broadhead!

[1bowhunter1]

I hear ya Sporked Horn!  I have been archery hunting for 15 yrs.  I have had tag soup more then not.  I passed on a Lead Cow just last year.  My partner asked Y!  It was about 5 to 10 yrds further then I was comfortable with....totaly broadside!  Did'nt take the shot!  "Tag Soup"  But slep like a baby

[boneaddict]

Found a 30 caliber in the ass of my AK moose and an arrow busted off in the ass of my NM elk.  I sure HATE people who can't make good shots and wing lead or arrows, or think they are qualified to make certain shots.

[NWBREW]

My dad shot a big bear back in the 80's that had a broadhead in the shoulder blade. Shot with the arrow was from the previous year, also had been shot in the ass with some sort of rifle a few months earlier.