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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: PLUVIUSWAPITI on September 23, 2015, 04:15:26 PM

Title: Big Bulls fighting thier death
Post by: PLUVIUSWAPITI on September 23, 2015, 04:15:26 PM: Check out the article in the spokesman review about two bulls fighting to thier death.
www.spokesman.com/blogs/outdoors/2015/sep/22/bull-elk-battle-death-east-coeur-dalene/ Hope this works.
Title: Re: Big Bulls fighting thier death
Post by: andersonjk4 on September 23, 2015, 04:53:51 PM: This is a crazy to see... such powerful animals.

Another news link... http://www.krem.com/story/news/local/kootenai-county/2015/09/22/fight-tangles-elk-fence-near-wolf-lodge-bay/72653988/ (http://www.krem.com/story/news/local/kootenai-county/2015/09/22/fight-tangles-elk-fence-near-wolf-lodge-bay/72653988/)
Title: Re: Big Bulls fighting thier death
Post by: hollymaster on September 23, 2015, 05:26:47 PM: Looks like the barb wire did them in. :dunno:
Title: Re: Big Bulls fighting thier death
Post by: Mfowl on September 23, 2015, 05:29:00 PM: Dang, that's too bad. That's an awful lot of barbwire to get angled in.
Title: Re: Big Bulls fighting thier death
Post by: Woodchuck on September 23, 2015, 05:30:25 PM: Quote from: andersonjk4 on September 23, 2015, 04:53:51 PM
This is a crazy to see... such powerful animals.

Another news link... http://www.krem.com/story/news/local/kootenai-county/2015/09/22/fight-tangles-elk-fence-near-wolf-lodge-bay/72653988/ (http://www.krem.com/story/news/local/kootenai-county/2015/09/22/fight-tangles-elk-fence-near-wolf-lodge-bay/72653988/)
I was lucky enough to watch two bulls in a full out fight from close range some years back. It is one of those things that can not be fully appreciated until you see it up close. Amazing animals indeed.
Title: Re: Big Bulls fighting thier death
Post by: boneaddict on September 23, 2015, 05:58:30 PM: Them and moose both. Hell, even a deer
Title: Re: Big Bulls fighting thier death
Post by: js139 on September 25, 2015, 01:13:40 PM: Thats too bad. Gorgeous animals! The worst part is the homeowners probably got into trouble for shooting the bull that was struggling to breath.

I saw a cow last year that was hit by a car. The back half of her body didn't work. I thought about putting her out and something told me not to. So, I went to the next town and called the forestry service. They said they'd send a ranger to take care of it. I offered to go back and put it down and she told me that was illegal. It isn't like the animal was ever going to recover. Putting it down was the only humane thing to do.
Title: Re: Big Bulls fighting thier death
Post by: floatinghat on September 25, 2015, 02:23:08 PM: I have put deer down out of state that we hit and others that had been hit by a car/truck. It's the right thing to do, I would be shocked if the owner got charged.