Fight gone bad (Pics are bloody)

[Bill Dance]

A friend e-mailed these pics to me. It looks like quite a battle!:shock:
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh125/Bill_Dance60/IMG_0175.jpg
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[born2hunt]

i'd say things went bad, nice bull too i wonder what the winner looked like?

[humble hunter]

Holy Crap, I wonder what the other bull looked like. I have only seen elk fighting a few times and it is brutal.

[lip_ripper00]

poke it with a stick!!!

[d6dan]

Definately wasn't that old boys day. I'd love to see the victor!

[moosinaround]

Cool pics one shot!! A guy last year took a bull elk up north, it was a 5x5, and 4 of the 10 points were broken off from fighting I presume! Pretty cool animals, a fight to the death!! Mother nature's way of thinning the herd! Moosin

[Bill Dance]

I'll see if I can get the story on this.:wink:

[Jelvis]

Picked on the wrong dooooood, shoulda kept walkin -- too much talkin -
Jel -- did'nt know his limits -- tripped and got gored -- impaled by sharp tines -- ripped and torn --

[SteadyGirl]

unreal, sends chills down my spine:shock: bull elk are so incredible

[Moose72]

I dunno. Looks like two entries and two exits. looks more like drag marks than a fight zone to me. Could be wrong but????

[Triggerman]

Youch! Those are nasty holes! :(

[MikeH]

They are incredible animals to see and hunt.Looks like tripped, stabbed and bull raked.

[Bill Dance]

This is what I found out....



This is a bull that was found on the Uinta County Youth Camps property, originally called in as a poaching. I have never seen such carnage, the dead bull had blood and chunks of fat and hide on his antlers leaving me to believe the victor may have hobbled off and died elsewhere. The ground was tore up in every direction for a 50 yards and it looked as if the dead bull had possibly fallen after a couple of small trees gave way. The bull had several gore wounds to his chest, abdomen, neck and head. He also had his entire brisket ripped open. The plan is to donate the antlers to the Youth Camp who has acquired a free European mount from a local taxidermist to hang in the camps main lodge. The mount will be accompanied by less bloody photos of scene and a write up about natural breeding selection and how this can occur for the kids to read. Photos attached...

[d6dan]

Bill, wheres this camp?

[lip_ripper00]

This is what I found out....



This is a bull that was found on the Uinta County Youth Camps property, originally called in as a poaching. I have never seen such carnage, the dead bull had blood and chunks of fat and hide on his antlers leaving me to believe the victor may have hobbled off and died elsewhere. The ground was tore up in every direction for a 50 yards and it looked as if the dead bull had possibly fallen after a couple of small trees gave way. The bull had several gore wounds to his chest, abdomen, neck and head. He also had his entire brisket ripped open. The plan is to donate the antlers to the Youth Camp who has acquired a free European mount from a local taxidermist to hang in the camps main lodge. The mount will be accompanied by less bloody photos of scene and a write up about natural breeding selection and how this can occur for the kids to read. Photos attached...

cool! Will be very educational for young future hunters!

[Bill Dance]

Not sure but it could be in Northern Alberta.

[moosinaround]

I dunno. Looks like two entries and two exits. looks more like drag marks than a fight zone to me. Could be wrong but????
Are wrong!!! Ever seen an area where elk have been sparring? Check out Youtube! Devastating wounds are inflicted, sometimes to all animals. If it was a hot spot for rutting, which it looks like it is, they will fight to the death. I have seen moose fight, and there was blood and hide everywhere!! Elk with those long sharp tines could and do easily kill other elk! Not a case of poaching here! Just plain ole horny rutting elk!

[Bill Dance]

I was looking closer at the pics agian and the only thing that strikes me as a little odd is there's not alot of blood around the bull or area that I can see for the size of the wounds.

[Mik]

Thanks for looking into it. Thats quite a story.

[Ozone]

Uinta County is in Wyoming

[d6dan]

Uinta County is in Wyoming

I believe it. Did you notice the pine trees in the pics? They were all green!...
no pine beetles eating them:tongue:.

[Maverick7]

amazing the raw energy of it all. you know exactly the power that was exerted and the intensity of it all. sounding a little too much like Nuge. but nontheless, Amazing find.

[Moose72]

Are wrong!!! Ever seen an area where elk have been sparring? Check out Youtube! Devastating wounds are inflicted, sometimes to all animals. If it was a hot spot for rutting, which it looks like it is, they will fight to the death. I have seen moose fight, and there was blood and hide everywhere!! Elk with those long sharp tines could and do easily kill other elk! Not a case of poaching here! Just plain ole horny rutting elk!I've seen areas torn up but not looking like drag marks the way the logs are all pointing and the scuffs on the pine trees that low as if it had been dragged there. But hey just, an opinion.

[gutpile]

see what can happen when the boys fight over the girls a good lesson for the kids at camp to learn. not worth fighting over a girl it could cost you your life. :icon_frow

[hunter1947]

These are http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon6.gif pic you posted ,thanks http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon14.gif.

[ELKOHOLICBC]

Great post. It's sad to see a great breeding bull go out like that but it is reality in the wild.That would of been a good video. Elk are amazing animals. Maybe this is why nobody is seeing any 6pts in reg. 4.:mrgreen::mrgreen: