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Retic chic
02-03-04, 06:56 PM
I think we could use a guy like this around the place when it comes to cranky gators and African rocks. He doesnt seem to be afraid of anything - the elk he is sawing the antler off is already dead, and the one he is trying to free by doing so is not very happy, either.


http://ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/3311fa419b81.jpg
Lisa
02-03-04, 07:06 PM
Nice rack :)

Did the elk die in combat?
Retic chic
02-03-04, 07:12 PM
The elk were locked together, most likely due to conflict. If they had not been found, both would have met certain death, as they either die of exhaustion and hypothermia, or starvation, or a combination of both. It is not uncommon to find one or both animals dead. I have the sequence of photos saved, that shows the freed bull walking away.
scalawag
02-03-04, 08:07 PM
And I thought that was Steve Irwin, is that his baby???


http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/3660stevoelk.JPG
SerpentLust
02-03-04, 08:10 PM
Well then that was very nice of that man. :)
Sunrunner
02-03-04, 08:26 PM
Well I think it was cool of him :) nice to give nature a little help when you can :)
Dozer
02-03-04, 08:34 PM
should eat the dead one
Sunrunner
02-03-04, 08:37 PM
I am sure they will lol
well maybe i suppose you would need to know how long it was dead
C.m.pyrrhus
02-03-04, 08:47 PM
Plenty of hide their to make some nice jackets and pants, along with some nice antler buttons if the meat has to go.
Cruciform
02-03-04, 08:57 PM
He probably wasn't in as much danger as it looks. By that time the surviving bull would be weak and just want to get away and begin to recover.

It's nice to see someone stop to help an animal in distress.
gonesnakee
02-04-04, 04:05 PM
In buddies eyes it was probably neither brave or dumb, just something that needed to be done. Good for him. Mark
Yness
02-04-04, 05:02 PM
Its people like him who give me hope for humanity:)
TheRedDragon
02-09-04, 10:14 PM
That was really awesome of him to save the animal, if I came across something like that and knew what I was doing, I'd do it too.
Scales Zoo
02-09-04, 11:21 PM
Yeah, I'd want to do it - but look at those antlers!

Chances are, the winning buck still would want a fight, and I sure would feel nervous if I were on the end of the saw or recetnly freed antler.

That guy is brave and nobel!

Ryan
Soul_Reaper
02-10-04, 02:02 PM
I would say brave.....very, very brave.

Those antlers are huge man!
Slannesh
02-10-04, 06:58 PM
I'd say both. Brave and dumb. Weak or not a full grown bull elk in rutting season isn't something you want to get in goring distance of.

Unfortunately elk do sometimes get locked together while rutting, ending in the death of both animals in most cases. I've seen the aftermath and it's not pretty. For the record, both of the elk pictured are average mature bulls, neither is exceptionally large :)