Lock Bulls - 1 dead & 1 Alive
MuleyMadness
12/7/07 2:05pm
Guys,
Here is how my day started yesterday (11-29-2007) Got a call that 2 bull elk were locked up and one was dead the other still alive.
The bulls were in a field about 15 miles Northeast of Monticello.
When I got there I actually found 2 bulls locked antlers... I thought this only happened in other areas...
J. and I were going to tranquilize the bull and saw antlers...one problem..we did not have enough of the drugs to do a good job. So we walked out there and sawed the one point off of the dead bulls right antler and then we had to saw the main beam of the left antler to get the other bull free. The whale tail was over the bulls eyes, lodged between the eye guards. When we cut it free the bull stood there for awhile catching its breath with the piece of the antler still in it's antlers. When it took off the piece of antler came out...
WOW! this was for sure one of the most memorable days....
Enjoy the pics.
TJ
TJ Robertson
Conservation Officer
Moab District
State of Utah, Division of Wildlife Resources
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Here is how my day started yesterday (11-29-2007) Got a call that 2 bull elk were locked up and one was dead the other still alive.
The bulls were in a field about 15 miles Northeast of Monticello.
When I got there I actually found 2 bulls locked antlers... I thought this only happened in other areas...
J. and I were going to tranquilize the bull and saw antlers...one problem..we did not have enough of the drugs to do a good job. So we walked out there and sawed the one point off of the dead bulls right antler and then we had to saw the main beam of the left antler to get the other bull free. The whale tail was over the bulls eyes, lodged between the eye guards. When we cut it free the bull stood there for awhile catching its breath with the piece of the antler still in it's antlers. When it took off the piece of antler came out...
WOW! this was for sure one of the most memorable days....
Enjoy the pics.
TJ
TJ Robertson
Conservation Officer
Moab District
State of Utah, Division of Wildlife Resources
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Coloradobuck
12/7/07 2:55pm
man thats cool. shame the other died but the alive one is huge!
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300 wsm
12/7/07 8:26pm
dude thats crazy must have been a rush to participate in such an event do u work as a co r something
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300 wsm
12/7/07 8:28pm
nevermind i c u are a co went straight to the pics ofcourse
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ABert
12/8/07 5:55am
Great pics, hopefully they were able to salvage the meat off the dead one and donate it.
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Hiker
12/8/07 7:15am
Great photos and story. I hope he made it, as he looked to be in shock and the stress might have taken its toll.
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HighLander
12/8/07 6:30pm
Crazy stuff!!
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Joe
12/10/07 4:18pm
That is unreal. Great pictures. By the way, I want your job. :thumb
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mossbak
12/11/07 8:18am
:-k don't think i would have turned my back on that bull, and what were they doing fighting this time of year, it's not the rut? (**!!)
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zatarain6
12/11/07 1:21pm
gret pictures and a great story too !
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