April 10, 2007: Hooked elk

Undertoad · 04-10-2007, 10:15 AM

xoB sends this set along, including a story that he notes doesn't jibe with what the pictures show -- and so I'll only put up the images, no use passing along misinformation.

Obviously, though, these two are lucky; they've been found by humans. If they weren't found, they'd just waste away and die.

So it's a good animal pic not on a Friday, but what the hey; enjoy.

Sheldonrs · 04-10-2007, 10:17 AM

The humans that found them are probably planning on how to make a coat rack and a chandelier out of them.

Spexxvet · 04-10-2007, 10:23 AM

Sitting ducks? How about standing deer.

footfootfoot · 04-10-2007, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Sheldonrs

The humans that found them are probably planning on how to make a coat rack and a chandelier out of them.

and steaks!

piercehawkeye45 · 04-10-2007, 10:40 AM

I want elk, had Pheasant yesterday.

Good thing with living with conservatives....you get fed well.

lumberjim · 04-10-2007, 11:44 AM

so....they just stood around and looked at the pretty elk? where are the heroic actions? the sawing and mauling? the elk must have been that way for some time....they seem down right calm about it. i want to see the pics of them after they disentangled them. or did they just kill them and eat them?

barefoot serpent · 04-10-2007, 11:50 AM

Time to get out that Swiss Army knife with the saw blade on it.

milkfish · 04-10-2007, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

so....they just stood around and looked at the pretty elk? where are the heroic actions? the sawing and mauling? the elk must have been that way for some time....they seem down right calm about it. i want to see the pics of them after they disentangled them. or did they just kill them and eat them?

Oftentimes, a man has been reduced to stupefied inaction by the sight of a lovely rack.

Let alone two of them.

freshnesschronic · 04-10-2007, 02:31 PM

Too true. Those antlers are valuable and could be very useful.

gmr2048 · 04-10-2007, 03:01 PM

Boingboing recently had a post about a pair of elk horns in the Smithsonian's collection. The original owners got locked together and died.

http://www.boingboing.net/2007/04/09...k_lock_ho.html

duck_duck · 04-10-2007, 03:02 PM

How would they unhook them without getting stabbed by or trampled by the elk?

cashc · 04-10-2007, 03:55 PM

The only safe time to nuzzle an elk.

04-10-2007, 07:01 PM

I have done it with white-tail, far easier, which is NOT saying much... still VERY dangerous.
Actually, they are not stupid, and elk (we had some on the ranch as "pets") are very smart, once they figure out that you are helping they just go limp.
There is a moment, at the end, where they get-up and go, well you just gotta' hope you are out of the way or lucky.
You religious types should pray first, there is no time during.
Finding one trapped in a fence or hooked in a tree is far worse, they do not settle nearly as quickly or easily. Don't know why.
It is a misconception that hunters have no compassion for the animals they hunt.

piercehawkeye45 · 04-11-2007, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by rkzenrage

It is a misconception that hunters have no compassion for the animals they hunt.

Very true. I don't know a hunter that will torture an animal.

ajaccio · 04-11-2007, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by rkzenrage

...Finding one trapped in a fence or hooked in a tree is far worse, they do not settle nearly as quickly or easily. Don't know why....

I would imagine it is because they cannot move. At least elk that are hooked together can still drink water and nibble grass if they figure out how to cooperate. It looks as though these two have worked that out. An elk hooked to a tree or fence is less likely to get freed before it would starve to death. Sad thought.

04-10-2007, 10:15 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	April 10, 2007: Hooked elk xoB sends this set along, including a story that he notes doesn't jibe with what the pictures show -- and so I'll only put up the images, no use passing along misinformation. Obviously, though, these two are lucky; they've been found by humans. If they weren't found, they'd just waste away and die. So it's a good animal pic not on a Friday, but what the hey; enjoy.

04-10-2007, 10:17 AM	#2
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	The humans that found them are probably planning on how to make a coat rack and a chandelier out of them. __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

04-10-2007, 10:23 AM	#3
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	Sitting ducks? How about standing deer. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

04-10-2007, 11:44 AM	#6
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	so....they just stood around and looked at the pretty elk? where are the heroic actions? the sawing and mauling? the elk must have been that way for some time....they seem down right calm about it. i want to see the pics of them after they disentangled them. or did they just kill them and eat them? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

04-10-2007, 11:50 AM	#7
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	Time to get out that Swiss Army knife with the saw blade on it. __________________ Chooses rowing vs. wading

04-10-2007, 10:40 AM	#5
piercehawkeye45 Franklin Pierce Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,695	I want elk, had Pheasant yesterday. Good thing with living with conservatives....you get fed well.

04-10-2007, 02:31 PM	#9
freshnesschronic Professor Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,555	Too true. Those antlers are valuable and could be very useful.

04-10-2007, 03:01 PM	#10
gmr2048 Jotter of Notes Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 11	could have ended worse Boingboing recently had a post about a pair of elk horns in the Smithsonian's collection. The original owners got locked together and died. http://www.boingboing.net/2007/04/09...k_lock_ho.html

04-10-2007, 03:02 PM	#11
duck_duck Soul Duck Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: over here Posts: 485	How would they unhook them without getting stabbed by or trampled by the elk?

04-10-2007, 03:55 PM	#12
cashc Aggregate Aggravator Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Texico Posts: 17	The only safe time to nuzzle an elk.

04-10-2007, 07:01 PM	#13
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	I have done it with white-tail, far easier, which is NOT saying much... still VERY dangerous. Actually, they are not stupid, and elk (we had some on the ranch as "pets") are very smart, once they figure out that you are helping they just go limp. There is a moment, at the end, where they get-up and go, well you just gotta' hope you are out of the way or lucky. You religious types should pray first, there is no time during. Finding one trapped in a fence or hooked in a tree is far worse, they do not settle nearly as quickly or easily. Don't know why. It is a misconception that hunters have no compassion for the animals they hunt.

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