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30-30remchester · October 26, 2009, 06:37 PM

CORNBUSH luck was with you and the elk both. So many end up with their jaws shot off and that leads to 30 days of starvation before a miseable death. We would find a few dead deer and elk with their jaws broken each year. A friend found a dead 5 point bull elk last year with an arrow sticking out of his mouth. From the recent snow he could tell it had just died, this was 5 weeks after archery elk season ended. Once when I was guiding, and against my advise, a client shot a cow elk in the head. Problem was his aim wasnt that good. His bullet blinded the elk after shooting both of her eyes out. She ran off and we finally found her 3 days later just shivering from fright and just let us walk up to her.

October 26, 2009, 06:37 PM	#14
30-30remchester Senior Member Join Date: April 18, 2009 Location: mountains of colorado Posts: 977	CORNBUSH luck was with you and the elk both. So many end up with their jaws shot off and that leads to 30 days of starvation before a miseable death. We would find a few dead deer and elk with their jaws broken each year. A friend found a dead 5 point bull elk last year with an arrow sticking out of his mouth. From the recent snow he could tell it had just died, this was 5 weeks after archery elk season ended. Once when I was guiding, and against my advise, a client shot a cow elk in the head. Problem was his aim wasnt that good. His bullet blinded the elk after shooting both of her eyes out. She ran off and we finally found her 3 days later just shivering from fright and just let us walk up to her.