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Title: Lame/Gimpy elk
Post by: NOCK NOCK on August 13, 2017, 05:31:38 PM
Not sure what her issue is, old wound maybe?  :dunno: Still getting around, but not looking super healthy.

Title: Re: Lame/Gimpy elk
Post by: Blacktail Sniper on August 13, 2017, 05:34:51 PM
Looks like an issue with her hip? 

In an area close enough to a road/hiway she could have gotten clipped by a vehicle?
Title: Re: Lame/Gimpy elk
Post by: NOCK NOCK on August 13, 2017, 05:58:50 PM
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.
Title: Re: Lame/Gimpy elk
Post by: carpsniperg2 on August 13, 2017, 06:36:02 PM
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.
Title: Re: Lame/Gimpy elk
Post by: NOCK NOCK on August 13, 2017, 06:40:04 PM
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.
Title: Re: Lame/Gimpy elk
Post by: carpsniperg2 on August 13, 2017, 06:42:36 PM
Yeah I think that's what we see moving around in the video.
Title: Re: Lame/Gimpy elk
Post by: yakimanoob on August 14, 2017, 09:16:27 AM
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. 
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