Flip...I think you hit the nail on the head - probably has a past or history that we're not aware of. Had it been my land, I'd have gladly let them on to do whatever was necessary to help the elk - they're stunningly beautiful animals and I think their meat is way BETTER than beef. It'd be nothing but a shame to let them suffer or that meat go to waste. I know it's been brought up that the meat probably wouldn't be good with their heightened adrenaline running through it, but they could've been darted, untangled and released. I know this sort of thing happens all the time where we can't see it and it's nature's way of thinning the herd, etc. But were it my land, I'd have helped them get free to live on. I doubt that one intervention would've had a severe impact on the elk population. And I don't think it happens so often that we'd have to worry about too many intervention opportunities.

Scott

 

They always tell ya the bad side of story.Let me tell you the good side.I read this story in the Navada Herd,a local paper,just for elk.
There was a tragety at the ol waterin hole last night.It seams that old Lawrence Elk had a goin with Duke Elkington again last night.You know,the usual brawl that happens when a couple does show up at the waterin hole.Well anyway,while these to ol boys are goin at it who walks in?Leonardo DeElk!One young lean,mean,ok you get the idea.Well,he sees these two doe,sitting at the end of the log,tipping back a couple of blackberry brandies,so he figures,what the heck and pulls up a stump.He tips back a few buds,and then one of the does looks at him and asks for the time.He looks at his watch and realizes it is RUT:30pm!Things where going just fine,with the two outside fightin,and the three inside ruttin,When Leonardo gets carried away and starts snorting out,Gachodoetu,Gachodoetu!Well the two fightin hear what he is snortin,and they both turned toward the waterin hole at the same time!BAM!Their antlers got intertwined like a thong on Ricky Lake!They struggled to get loose until one of them said just that!They stopped,thought about it,then envisioned Ricky Lake in a thong.They both had heart attacks on the spot!
Meanwhile,Leonardo turns to the does and says,The waterin hole aint what it used to be,they let anybody in now,look at all these humans!Lets go back to my neck of the woods.Of course the two does immediately started talking marriage.

Tune in next week for our follow up story,,,,,,,
Who says nothing runs like a deere!

P.S.For the record,If it had been me,I would have saved them,but it was his right to do what he wanted on his own land.