Mother nature is a bitch!

[mdeerjunkie]

Awesome, probably a once in lifetime experience.

 

[44hunter45]

Did you pull the ivories? I'm shocked how many carcasses I find that still have them in.

 

[zpooch]

Did you pull the ivories? I'm shocked how many carcasses I find that still have them in.

Why? So they can end up in a drawer with the rest of them to eventually get lost

 

[44hunter45]

Why? So they can end up in a drawer with the rest of them to eventually get lost

That's how I feel about sheds. The buyers mark them down to worthless and then you're sitting on a pile of crooked bones.

 

[Hilljackoutlaw]

Wow … to actually witness the natural order. I find it interesting the depth of the snow that bull was traversing.

I was dumbfounded by this to. I was watching him and I was thinking to myself. Dont go that way ya dummy. There was bare ground all over the place and he walked right into waste deep snow. Made no sense. Nothing was chasing him nothing spooked him that I was aware of.

 

[Hilljackoutlaw]

No ivory and no meat.

 

[MinnesotaHunter]

Did you happen to get a pic of the teeth? Pretty amazing/sobering thing to see.

 

[Hilljackoutlaw]

Did you happen to get a pic of the teeth? Pretty amazing/sobering thing to see.

No I wish I would of. A snow storm came in and I didnt want to piss around any longer. I was a couple miles from my vehicle.

Snow coming in right about when I was almost to him.

 

[wytex]

I would guess he beat the odds. Wonder what the odds are of a bull on public land
surviving past 9 yrs

Spouse found an archery kill that was aged at 10 1/2 years. Takes some years to get big antlers on an elk.

 

[dirtytough]

My brother killed a bull that was aged @14 years old. I know another guy that found a winter kill and it was aged @16. But I bet most are killed way younger.

Thanks for sharing that experience.

 

[noharleyyet]

OIL photo op share, thanks hilljack

 

[azelkhntr]

Amazing!

 

[jlong17]

That’s insane!! Thanks for sharing. You’re blessed to live in an area where you can watch elk

 

[Bulldog0156]

Wow.

 

[klwinter921]

This is both amazing and harsh. To witness such an event in nature is really one in a million but to witness the brutality of nature is sobering....or at least it should be. Thanks for sharing this!

 

[Rebar_Guy]

Great story and photos thanks for sharing.

 

[OzzyDave]

That is so cool - thanks for posting that.

 

[HuntTalk Freak]

That’s something most of us will never see. Sad but interesting to see.

 

[Old man bob]

That sucks , but its nature. Here in Arizona I think the elk live longer cause of the mild winters. Thats Why I only shoot older animals , no forkies or spikes , in fact the smallest bull I ever shot here in AZ. is a 330 " 6x6 and I am 63 years old I hunt New Mexico to! NO dinks.................BOB!