Picture says it all. From my trail camera
https://i.imgur.com/lDD3zYG.jpg
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Picture says it all. From my trail camera
https://i.imgur.com/lDD3zYG.jpg
From my trail camera
Healed gunshot wound?
Head shots... Not good. How that didn't that not lead to a major life threatening infection? Tough animals
Wow, that's incredible. Tough animals
See that every day in the city. Just not on elk.
Clear sinus passage - this will help the motor take in more oxygen but what an incredible picture. I can't believe the animal could withstand such an injury. That's a picture to send to the CORE program instructors as example of possible headshot outcomes.
Wow, that's an incredible picture you got there.
I have lost count on how many bullets I have pulled out of elk while butchering.
Neck Shots seem to be high on the list for many hunters!!????
Then came bullets in the Rump and last but not least, a few in the Legs!
But that picture is a first for me.
Yes, tough animals if you have never hunted them before.
Only thing tougher is Goat, imo.
great pic, thanks for sharing
moose we got in 2014 had survived a head shot too, tough animals
That's why headshots are for assholes. Think of the pain that animal endured for months, possibly years. I've seen deer running around with their lower jaw shot off too.
BOILER ROOM PEOPLE!
Holy crap! That's an incredible picture. I totally agree with Rieber!
Wow -never seen or heard of such a wound!
The sense of smell must be gone as the air is now sucked in from the hole by the lungs.
No doubt a huge disadvantage for the elk!
we got a huge mule buck up by gang one year ( I think the shooter might even be on this site but not sure of his handle)... It had survived being shot in the chest from head on.....the previous shot had entered the chest cavity from the front just right of his neck missing all vital blood vessels, traveled along the ribcage between the ribs and lungs and then exited just after the last rib missing all vital organs...he was still chasing does when buddy shot him..he had a 1-2inch wound channel of infection where the bullet had traveled through
Amazing pic. Thanks for sharing
That's crazy, cool picture though.
A good reminder for better shot selection
Wow! Crazy to see something like that. Interested in what the thought process was behind that shot.. Thanks for sharing
I’ve thought about this before posting.
In this new age of attacks on hunting from every angle that picture.....even though “interesting to many” is nothing more than fuel for the anti hunting entity.
With the drama that’s been created by hunters posing with dead lions, giraffes...etc, I can hear the howls of the huggers when they look at that elk with a hole in its face.
What’s next....pictures of gunshot deer.....dragging their entrails.
We need to clean up our image and educate the public as to what’s right about hunting.....not show what goes wrong.
Is there a LEH for cow elk in that region ? or is that the result of a missed headlight shot from a ............. or .. ?
I think we are looking at the exit hole if I see it correctly...to me it looks like significant amount of sinus still intact....not much more "discomfort" than a nose piercing perhaps but it sure looks brutal
That is why Headshots are an absolute NO NO for any Ethical Hunter.
Cheers
You are assuming that it was an intentional head shot on that animal.. maybe it was collateral damage from someone shooting, not very accurately, at a different animal.. lets not jump to conclusions people..
Ps.. i love head shots when its close range with a good rest
Good post BValley, image is becoming everything. It only takes a minor flinch by the shooter or the animal while the trigger is being squeezed for things to go south in a hurry. We once shot an emaciated old Buck with it's bottom jaw blown apart. Slow death by starvation is not pretty. I agree with the statement Boiler Room People much less chance of a terrible OOOPS
Thanks Jim....you know how I feel about the promotion of head shots.
Theres too much room for error....and I’ve seen what happens to expert paper punchers when they’re throwing lead at a live target.
If it had been shot a few inches lower that elk would have ran off missing a jaw to become maggot food.
Head shots are not worth the risk.
Food for thought. If you a numbers person there’s more animals wounded from “boiler room” shots than head shots.
Biggest thing is be as proficient as possible with your weapon of choice.
Only because statistically more shots are taken at the boiler room. If head shots were the norm we would see a lot more wounded animals. The boiler shot is beachball sized on an elk and the head shot is grapefruit sized. A boiler shot that's 12" or more off will destroy either the spine, liver, Break shoulders for an anchoring shot, or hit the edge of the lungs or the heart.
Not it to mention the chest isn't attached to a muscular neck that is always swinging around and moving.
Way too much info missing to judge what happened to this elk. Could of been a poacher, hunter, FN, or just a plain old idiot. We don’t even know if it was an intentional target
Shot selection aside hunters need to stick within their honest skill level and not push their luck. It’s not just a matter of picking a chest or head shot being right or wrong. Angles, conditions, range, and what is the animal doing. Could get into all kinds of shot ethnics issues
As for posting pics like this yes they can be beneficial for education but unfortunately once they are on the internet they also become tools against hunting. Personally I have mixed opinion on posting these kinds of pics so personally won’t. I am not going to blame anyone for posting pics like this for the purpose of education to improve hunter awareness either
Any and every shot has the potential to go sideways. I chased a bear out of the oats a few years back. It climbed a nearby tree before I shot it. When I went to skin it i found it was missing a front leg. The hair had grown over the shoulder like nothing ever happened to it. After talking to a neighbor he had said that another neighbor shot it a couple years before. I've also skinned a elk to find a 7mm bullet just inside the hide on the shoulder.
It’s amazing how tough animals are. I shot a three legged whitetail with my bow. He was doing fine... until the double lung arrow. His leg had about an inch of bone sticking out of a nicely calloused wound. We owe it to them to take the most ethical shot we can. I’d hate to take a low percentage shot that ends with an animal suffering. For a few people, in certain circumstances a head shot may be ethical. For me, I stick to the boiler room.
I saw this pic before leaving a few hours ago to take my kid to hockey, and thought about it too while I was at the rink. I'm 100% with BearValley on this one that the optics do not play well in favor for those trying to promote ethical hunting. And I'm not throwing shade at the OP either, it's an amazing thought-provoking pic from his trail cam.. not like he can control what happened to that animal.
Keep it to the boiler room boys, and be confident in your shot placement before squeezing.
^^^^I agree, I have been successful with head shots but I practice shooting on a regular basis, and am confident in my ability...that is an incredible pic OP...
exactly a teaching pic