Post by: RadSav on December 13, 2011, 02:48:41 AM
She kept it together very well. The 48 yard shot was perfectly placed and he went down after a short dart uphill. Just to be safe we went back to camp, Lorraine told the story to everyone at the Kidd Valley RV park who would listen, ate dinner, toasted a celebratory whiskey with our hunting partners and returned to blood trail a few hours later. The wait was not necessary. Blood trail was about 3' wide and even in the dark we did not hesitate a step when following it. The bull went down less than forty yards from where we had last seen him - 70 maybe 80 yards from where the arrow had hit.
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Post by: jager on December 13, 2011, 03:33:43 AM
Is that a little nub or did he break it off at the base?
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Post by: MADMAX on December 13, 2011, 05:41:33 AM
congrats
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Great 5 x nub. Awesome color on that rack too :tup::yeah: :drool:
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Post by: RadSav on December 13, 2011, 01:55:58 PM
Do you think its possible that the injury to the foot had something to do with the abnormal antler growth on that side. I have heard things of the such just was not sure.
I was thinking the same thing. Perhaps he slipped and fell because of the foot? Or the horn on that side was small and weak because of the foot on the other side? I do know that if there is skeletal injury to the left side of an animal the horns on the opposite side will be effected. I know it is not skeletal, but I'd think it could lead to the same thing.
I used to have a big bull I hunted every opening day. After a few years he was a beautiful crowned 7 point. I pounded him hard at 30 yards, but hugged the left shoulder too tight and drilled the base of the shoulder blade just above the shoulder joint. After tracking for about a half mile we found the arrow broke off about two inches from the broadhead. Last day of the season I saw him pushing some cows through a clearcut like nothing had ever happened.
That following opening day he was back in his usual spot with a large harem of cows. Still had the large 7 point crown on the left side, but this year his right side was a rag five. First time in four years of chasing him he'd been anything but perfect. He was poached that night with a rifle in the moonlight when he got too close to the road (Damn Low Life *censored*s). Never got to see what damage that broadhead did to the shoulder, but it had to be the reason he became abnormal.
Post by: Elkpiss on December 13, 2011, 02:00:12 PM
Great job and a nice elk. First time I have seen the hoof rot thanks for showing it. What causes hoof rot and how does it spread in a herd.its caused from a Bacteria, and I think caused from beef cattle; and spreads by elk walking in other elks tracks, its spreads like wild fire too.. Ive seen it in the boisfort area with a heard of about 50 and 99% of them had the big limp going on, I walked out in the field where they were and it was like 50 different blood trails. The disease basically eats the animal from the inside out, a bad case of it, the elk will be spoiled and green as it is still alive. If the meat is spoiled the game department will issue you a new tag, atleast i seen that happen in the past. Some people say if its not taken care of it could spread big time and destroy a majority of our elk herds.. I havent seen it yet where I live or where I hunt, but its not to far away..
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Post by: grundy53 on December 13, 2011, 04:32:36 PM
Great job and a nice elk. First time I have seen the hoof rot thanks for showing it. What causes hoof rot and how does it spread in a herd.its caused from a Bacteria, and I think caused from beef cattle; and spreads by elk walking in other elks tracks, its spreads like wild fire too.. Ive seen it in the boisfort area with a heard of about 50 and 99% of them had the big limp going on, I walked out in the field where they were and it was like 50 different blood trails. The disease basically eats the animal from the inside out, a bad case of it, the elk will be spoiled and green as it is still alive. If the meat is spoiled the game department will issue you a new tag, atleast i seen that happen in the past. Some people say if its not taken care of it could spread big time and destroy a majority of our elk herds.. I havent seen it yet where I live or where I hunt, but its not to far away..
The game department claims it's not bacterial but a mineral deficency. Selinium and copper I believe.... But thats coming from the game department so who knows....
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Post by: RadSav on December 16, 2011, 12:46:56 AM
You should see what she does to the poor little 450# bears with her 25 Bob. Needless to say, most of the blood trailing practice we get are on animals I shoot.
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