cow elk and ivory poachers!

[stujay]

Always good to have elk in the freezer.

[centaur]

Good job on the cow. Takes some kind of low life to take the ivories, though.

[TURKEYFOOTGIRL]

The hunters did know it was a bow kill as the other hunter who helped me pack the elk ran into them and they told him so.  It wasn't really a big deal to me, I just found it kind of surprising when I opened her mouth.
  Biggamefish,  no I don't sell the ivories but I did have a real cool ring made for my wife with my first set of ivories.  Its just something a lot of elk hunters collect from their kills.  They are not teeth but actual ivory like a tusk.  I have heard that they are the remains of an ancient time when elk used to have tusks in the mastadon era but have no idea if that's true?

[blaster]

Nice job brother!! I was waiting to see the story on here. What model broadhead did you use? Hope to skewer a WI whitetail this weekend with a big ole treeshark!!

[TURKEYFOOTGIRL]

Used a glue on simmons safari with a steel adapter for a 265 grain killing utensil.

[Over&Under]

Originally posted by Over&Under:

Did your autopsy find the reason for death?...did ya get the jugular?

[TURKEYFOOTGIRL]

Over&under-sorry i missed your question earlier.
I don't believe I got the jugular but probably a smaller vein and the windpipe?  The blood trail was a steady trickle with no spraying and her mouth was filled with blood yet the arrow never entered the rib cage/ lungs.  Not an expert but jugular hits front the past have had mass amounts of blood and spraying?