Old Koot
Strange sight on the way to work yesterday up the Duncan.
This elk had apparently tried to cross this avalanche chute somewhere up the mountain but had lost his footing.
Not sure how far he had tumbled and slid down but he was pretty busted up by the time he hit the road.
I'm going to the dogs.
Airy Mtn. Airedales
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HuntingBC Champ
Hummmmm I wonder
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HuntingBC Champ
I get your drift, but, don't think so.
The Duncan is a bit remote, Elk and other hooved beasts DO fall and are hit by slides, drown and even lightning gets a few, so, I think Clint is correct on this.
VERY, VERY few locals there now will shoot an Elk like this and I cannot see any poacher leaving it to rot.
The *other* possibility is not likely in that valley.
Old Koot
You can stop with the conspiracy theories.
This elk hit the ice at some point way up the hill and was probably doing 90kmh when he hit the road. Wasn't a solid bone in his head and one antler completely snapped off.
I'm going to the dogs.
Airy Mtn. Airedales
HuntingBC Champ
That was my point, have found elk dead from various non-human causes in the Kootenays several times.
HuntingBC Champ
a few years ago we found a 3x4 elk head on the bank of the bull river...it was on the far side almost directly across from where sulfur creek joins in....from the far side we thought it might be a nice deer head but after we went a km up stream to cross and then back to it we saw it was a rag horn elk (with no season), we left it...I did grab the one ivory tooth that was left...we did wonder if it was shot by mistake and left but of course we have to consider the possibility that it just died from some other accident or natural cause...it happens more than most people realize....
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Found more than a handful of deer frozen falling through thin ice while winter prowling in the Boundary this year, toughest winter in a few years around here.
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Im assuming zoomed in?Originally Posted by Stone Sheep Steve
As unfortunate as it was still interesting coming across things like that. Some aren't dealt the best hands...
HuntingBC Champ
How far up the Duncan?? We have a cabin up there
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