Double Elk Deadhead

[Maverick1]

I found a bull that somebody gut shot and killed this year. They cut the horns off and didn’t take anything else

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How can you be certain? Is it not possible that three parties were involved? First party gut shot elk. Second party stumbles upon elk (just as you did), cuts antlers off and leaves. And you show up as third party.

 

[mxgsfmdpx]

How can you be certain? Is it not possible that three parties were involved? First party gut shot elk. Second party stumbles upon elk (just as you did), cuts antlers off and leaves. And you show up as third party.

That could 100% be the case.

 

[Taco John]

Looks like it was drug aways also.

 

[Elkhy]

That's a rare and incredible find.

 

[JRay]

Hi All,

Found a double elk deadhead in the WY woods during archery and wanted to share. The two bulls died together sparring as both spines were nearby. The antlers are fully locked and not separable. Anyone else find some weird stuff in the woods lately?

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That family tree doesn’t seem to fork. Goofy genetics

 

[mmenart]

Curious can you tell if those antlers were broken before the fighting, or if they were probably full horns that animals chewed on until you found them. One for sure looks bulged like it grew that way.

Both bulls are chewed on a bit and it doesn't look like any tines broke during the fight. The typical is a little bulgy at the tips but he's fairly normal for a raghorn.

The other bull is definitely clubbed out at the end of each beam. Something went wild on his right antler, it's growing in every which way. It's possible he favored fighting with his left antler for that reason and that had some part in the lock.

 

[LoneStar]

I worked at the 6666's in the late 80's and they had 2 big whitetail bucks mounted in a corner of the big house that were locked together. I don't remember the full story about them.

 

[mmenart]

Not exactly the same but about 12 yrs ago a friend and I shot 2 locked bulls. One had an eye guard in his neck. They were going to die anyway.

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Good thing you had two tags! Is that how they were locked when you found them? How did you guys do the mount(s)?

 

[Ross]

Mother Nature is not kind. Found this tree pinned bull two decades ago. Was in bugle magazine When Trees attack

 

[Wellsdw]

Not exactly the same but about 12 yrs ago a friend and I shot 2 locked bulls. One had an eye guard in his neck. They were going to die anyway.

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[Ranchhunter]

Good thing you had two tags! Is that how they were locked when you found them? How did you guys do the mount(s)?

Yes, I shot the first one, and had a heck of a time finding someone who was available to come shoot the second one. Even after they were clean there was only about an 1/8th inch of play between them.
I tried to give them to cabelas for the store they were about to open in Missoula but they weren’t big enough.

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[RockScar]

Yes, I shot the first one, and had a heck of a time finding someone who was available to come shoot the second one. Even after they were clean there was only about an 1/8th inch of play between them.
I tried to give them to cabelas for the store they were about to open in Missoula but they weren’t big enough.

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This is so cool! What a story. Congrats!

 

[CMF]

How can you be certain? Is it not possible that three parties were involved? First party gut shot elk. Second party stumbles upon elk (just as you did), cuts antlers off and leaves. And you show up as third party.

Exactly! People are always assuming the worse. Always facebook post with the same allegations making hunters look like the bad guys and never considering all of the scenarios that could have went down.