Record Elk Found Pinned Alive..........................

[jltrent]

Ryan Muirhead set out on the morning of December 12 with hopes of filling his whitetail tag on the final day of Minnesota’s muzzleloader season. What he found instead--a huge 9 x 10 elk pinned flat on its back, alive, with its massive antlers stuck in the mud. Muirhead was able to free the animal, though it died from the ordeal two days later. Click through to find out how he was able to claim a trophy from this tragic freak occurrence that should rewrite the record books for Minnesota and the world.
http://www.fieldandstream.com/photos/ga ... -stuck-mud

 

[Kathie in Thorp]

Trying to envision how that bull got himself into that mess, and it's just not coming to me. . . .

 

[mwj]

Trying to envision how that bull got himself into that mess, and it's just not coming to me. . . .

I would wager that it involved another bull elk and a lot of testosterone! :cowboy:

 

[Red Bull Breeder]

They can do some major stupid stuff.

 

[3waycross]

Trying to envision how that bull got himself into that mess, and it's just not coming to me. . . .

I would wager that it involved another bull elk and a lot of testosterone! :cowboy:

Not 3 months after the rut. Those big bulls are worn out from rutting and usually don't even hang out with the cows in Dec. They are almost always in batchelor groups or alone in Dec.

 

[Taurus]

Trying to envision how that bull got himself into that mess, and it's just not coming to me. . . .

I would wager that it involved another bull elk and a lot of testosterone! :cowboy:

Not 3 months after the rut. Those big bulls are worn out from rutting and usually don't even hang out with the cows in Dec. They are almost always in batchelor groups or alone in Dec.

there's a good chance that another elk bull was involved since we only have one wild elk herd in the entire Minnesota and the bulls don't even leave the herd at all as the herd is super small. Or that bull tripped himself over a fence.

 

[Red Bull Breeder]

There you have it 3way you don't know nothing about Elk in Minnie sota. :lol:

 

[3waycross]

apparently so :cry2: :frowns: ........... :roll: :lol: :lol: :lol:

I have only hunted them for 50 years.

However let me throw this at ya'll. I just came back from an Elk hunt on the Jicarilla Apache Res in New Mexico in on Dec 26th. We saw close to 500 elk in 3 days.

ALL of the bulls 5 point or bigger were in bachelor groups or alone. We say a lot of little bulls running with the cows but nothing big.

 

[highgrit]

But 3Waycross that's along way from Minnesota.

 

[Red Bull Breeder]

Well Arkansas is a long way from Mimmie sota to but the bull elk here are not running with the cows. Might be some spikes and such with a group of cows but nothing bigger.

 

[mwj]

If 2 bulls had a scuffle is there always a cow involved. I am now convinced that it was all caused by a Pomeranian that was poorly neutered or a headstand gone wrong. :nod:

 

[Fire Sweep Ranch]

I read the story when it first came out (I think) last fall, and if I remember correctly he was found right next to a barb wire fence. Most people speculated he jumped the fence and somehow took a tumble while going over and got stuck. He survived (they got him free), but the trauma of being upside down for gosh knows how long is what killed him. They guy that found him went back to check on his status and found him dead (or dying). He had to call the authorities before taking the rack because he was protected, or something like that. Oh heck, I just did a quick search and here is the story...

http://www.fieldandstream.com/photos/ga ... -stuck-mud

 

[Red Bull Breeder]

I have seen them take some bad falls. Know of a couple that have broken their necks running into fences.

 

[Kathie in Thorp]

I read the story when it first came out (I think) last fall, and if I remember correctly he was found right next to a barb wire fence. Most people speculated he jumped the fence and somehow took a tumble while going over and got stuck. He survived (they got him free), but the trauma of being upside down for gosh knows how long is what killed him. They guy that found him went back to check on his status and found him dead (or dying). He had to call the authorities before taking the rack because he was protected, or something like that. Oh heck, I just did a quick search and here is the story...

http://www.fieldandstream.com/photos/ga ... -stuck-mud

I didn't read the story (yet), but a fence mishap sounds like a high probability. And any ruminant on it's back for a significant period of time is going to be really messed up. We had a couple months old fawn that had a run-in with a woven wire fence out here this fall, but busted neck was pretty easy diagnosis, as it couldn't hold itself up at all. And by the way, the only bull elk I know of around here that are still hanging with a bunch of cows are those that show up at several winter feeding stations.