Gored or Shot?

WannaB · Sep 30, 2024

This poor fella has been right off the road up a very popular canyon in the Utah's Cache unit. He's been there for 3 days now. Gored or shot, what do you think? Whichever it is, I hate to see an animal suffer. However, they are tough suckers and he could heal up and live...who knows. Yes, the DWR is aware...

LIK2HNT · Sep 30, 2024

If the left is an entrance would right behind the ribs. And the right is an exit. Definitely not gored.
But if the left is nothing, just funky hair. The right side could be from an antler.
Not much help
Nice picture though

elkhunterUT · Sep 30, 2024

Something broke that G4 off at the main beam - that takes some serious force so I am guessing this bull has been fighting a bunch. Wouldn't be surprised if he was gored in the side.

mevertsen · Sep 30, 2024

elkhunterUT said:
Something broke that G4 off at the main beam - that takes some serious force so I am guessing this bull has been fighting a bunch. Wouldn't be surprised if he was gored in the side.

I concur. The left side Just looks like funky hair.

That's a big hole on the right.

Mallardsx2 · Sep 30, 2024

I'm betting he heals up and lives. Elk are some tough critters.

BrowningRage · Sep 30, 2024

I think definitely gored. Looks like a large, but somewhat shallow wounded. If it doesn't get infected, he could heal up.

tailchasers · Sep 30, 2024

Had a Sheila antelope a few years back dragging some of her own gut after we watched he get plowed and subsequently hooked by a rutting buck. The rut can be violent!! Crazy pic!!

Homer · Sep 30, 2024

That's a long range muzzy pass through......he's done...

HntHrdr · Sep 30, 2024

I’m going with gored, know of a bull killed by a lucky hunter this year ( guy walked up on two giants fighting and arrowed one after they unlocked) well goes to get the skull cleaned in town for a euro and taxi says he can’t do it, bulls entire skull and jaw are crushed on one side, bull lost most of his molars probably would have died this winter, oh and supposedly it was a 380 bull. I never got to lay eyes on it. The rut is absolutely brutal! Hell bulls will gore and kill cows sometimes when they get too heated. Just nature being natural

yoteduster · Sep 30, 2024

Don't know for sure.. But he's definitely pretty sick..I'd say he's a gonner

Tank · Sep 30, 2024

He looks like a fighter to me. But he's not going to make another yr. Probably going septic, and trying to keep BP up. His days are numbered. Nature is rough. Death doesn't come easy as people want to believe

Joe2Kool · Oct 3, 2024

Left side looks like his fur is just messed up. Don't have experience with a ML pass-thru on elk but right side looks like a gore to me. That hole looks to be bigger than a softball.

I agree, his days are numbered...with a very low number.

Would it be legal for someone to shoot him and put their tag on him? I wouldn't want to "hunt" this bull, but if it was the last day and I had a tag, I would put him out of his misery.

Let us know the outcome if you can.

Homer · Oct 3, 2024

Joe2Kool said:
Left side looks like his fur is just messed up. Don't have experience with a ML pass-thru on elk but right side looks like a gore to me. That hole looks to be bigger than a softball.

I agree, his days are numbered...with a very low number.

Would it be legal for someone to shoot him and put their tag on him? I wouldn't want to "hunt" this bull, but if it was the last day and I had a tag, I would put him out of his misery.

Let us know the outcome if you can.

Would you eat it?

Wiszard · Oct 3, 2024

That's a big ass hole. I would guess that won't heal up as easily as some here think. I'm no doctor but I'd say that will be infected in no time......imagine what the flies are laying in that hole. Gross.

Buckfever34 · Oct 6, 2024

I don’t have high hopes of him surviving. No matter what caused it.

Joe2Kool · Oct 6, 2024

Homer said:
Would you eat it?

Depends on how bad it looked. If he looked like he had a lot of infection, probably not. If it looked like it was only a day or two old, probably so.

WannaB · Oct 9, 2024

As suspected by most; the poor fella didn't make it. Found him over the weekend. We'll see what the DWR identifies as the cause of death.

Buckfever34 · Oct 9, 2024

I was afraid this would be the outcome....darn shame.

elkhunterUT · Oct 9, 2024

That is too bad, but seemed likely based on the injury.

Let us know what the DWR thinks was the cause of death.

RRCowboyStar · Oct 9, 2024

A few years ago at the Air Force Academy, there was a nice bull found dead between the golf course and cemetery. Had a hole in it's side so they investigated it as a poaching incident. They later fond a piece of antler broken off inside the dead bull. Nature can be the worse way to go.

ColdBore · Oct 9, 2024

That was a rough one, and a lousy way to die.

Joe2Kool · Oct 9, 2024

Definitely interested in what the DWR says.

Thanks for sharing.

elkassassin · Oct 10, 2024

Ya!

Let Us Know What The Bull Was wounded With!

2lumpy · Oct 10, 2024

I’m posting……. so I get a notification when someone else does.

WannaB · Oct 12, 2024

I submitted a deadhead request on Wednesday; still haven’t received an approval. Went to check on it today and the head is gone. So often the honest lose in these kind of deals. People suck.

Hokkaido · Oct 13, 2024

Thanks for posting this deal. With so many youtube certified long range archers and shooters the number of wounded and lost animals has skyrocketed. DWR won't know, but not many bulls get gored mid body. Mostly neck and forehead. Maybe the guy who wounded him took the time to find him..but not likely as most long range tallywhackers have perfected the "turn and burn" maneuver.

ColdBore · Oct 13, 2024

Hokkaido said:
Thanks for posting this deal. With so many youtube certified long range archers and shooters the number of wounded and lost animals has skyrocketed. DWR won't know, but not many bulls get gored mid body. Mostly neck and forehead. Maybe the guy who wounded him took the time to find him..but not likely as most long range tallywhackers have perfected the "turn and burn" maneuver.

There are an awful lot of assumptions in there.

I hate the long range crowd myself, but I'm not going to condemn anybody based on what we have presented here.

Tikka · Oct 13, 2024

Following for the updates…

DeerAddiction4 · Oct 13, 2024

Tikka said:
Following for the updates…

Me too. Edit- I’m doing the same as 2Lumpy posting so I get a notification if you figure more out.

WannaB · Oct 13, 2024

The DWR never did an actual inspection of the carcass. With the number of pictures and details they recorded, they were satisfied it wasn’t suspicious circumstances. Nevertheless, the heads gone and I still haven’t received an approval…

Hokkaido · Oct 14, 2024

Some guys would do backflips for a deadhead like that. Personally I wouldn't even bother with a wonky one like that.

ColdBore · Oct 14, 2024

Hokkaido said:
Personally I wouldn't even bother with a wonky one like that.

Wonky?

It's a nice six point with one broken tine.

SHB · Oct 16, 2024

Hokkaido said:
Thanks for posting this deal. With so many youtube certified long range archers and shooters the number of wounded and lost animals has skyrocketed. DWR won't know, but not many bulls get gored mid body. Mostly neck and forehead. Maybe the guy who wounded him took the time to find him..but not likely as most long range tallywhackers have perfected the "turn and burn" maneuver.

Well said.

The "Look at Me" Long Rangers will be the end of hunting as we know it.