Hunter impaled by antler of elk he just killed

[406LIFE]

A hunter in Oregon was impaled by an elk had had just killed after his ATV crashed over the weekend, sending him backward into the animal’s antlers, KATU reported.


http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/11/08/hunter-impaled-by-elks-antler-in-remote-oregon-wilderness.html

 

[shootbrownelk]

A little too much weight over the rear wheels it looks like. Should have quartered it and distributed the weight more evenly, or make two trips.

 

[windymtnman]

Years ago, a couple friends both shot Bulls in the waning hours of daylight. We hurriedly field dressed the Bulls, rolled them up on some logs to circulate air under the carcasses, and one of my friends decided to carry out a head that evening. It was dark thirty, and I'm embarrassed to say all we had for a light was my mini mag flashlight. As we made our way through the timber in complete darkness, I was going up an incline and stopped to get my bearings. My buddy carrying the elk head stopped behind me, but tried to take a step back to keep his balance. His foot hit something on the ground, and he fell over backwards on to his back.
I shined the light on him, and the 3rd tine of the Elk beam punctured his flannel shirt in the back, poked through and also punctured the front of his shirt. That took some doing, as flannel fabric is fairly tough. But then antler's are pretty pointed too. If that antler would have been over just a couple inches, it likely would have punctured either a lung or his kidneys. Under the circumstances of being a long way from being out of there, I expect it would have been fatal. Crap occurs!

 

[Elkmagnet]

Likes like he had no business having that ATV there

 

[jryoung]

Likes like he had no business having that ATV there

Yep, can't but notice that fact.

 

[dan.kirkpatrick]

retrieving an animal or not,,if that's on public land,i don't see no road or trail that that quad should be on?maybe its the picture angle,but hard to tell?even as a quad owner myself,rules are rules for a reason.

 

[TheTone]

We had a hunter in Idaho about 5-6 years ago killed in a similar situation, tried dragging a (poached) elk out with his ATV cross country in some super steep country.

If this guy was violating motorized restrictions I hope the FS follows up on it.

 

[James Riley]

A little off topic but, when packing out on horses and mules, I was taught to not do it the way you often see, nasals to the sky with antlers cascading down each flank to the rear. Rather, we put the upper jaw down with the back of the head (occipital) just over one side and the rack going over the back to the other side. Much safer for your animals.

 

[hank4elk]

Load limit exceeded.....brainwise.

 

[Gr8bawana]

retrieving an animal or not,,if that's on public land,i don't see no road or trail that that quad should be on?maybe its the picture angle,but hard to tell?even as a quad owner myself,rules are rules for a reason.

There is no road or trail anywhere in the picture. Even if it was private property why would you want to tear it up with an atv?

 

[dan.kirkpatrick]

if it was on private,,there would not be a rule prohibiting to not use a a t v.if its public in Oregon,its our public land,and even as a atv owner myself,i follow the moter vec rules on our public land,and stay on trail,,,cut and pack it to your atv,,,that's what gives us law abiding atv owners a "black eye".

 

[windymtnman]

Where I live in Colorado, a great deal of the National Forest Land is marked with a XXXXXX on the official Forest Service maps. This marking indicates areas where it is legal to take an ATV off trail to retrieve big game. It only requires no weapon on your ATV and has to be done between noon and the end of the day. I've been in a great many areas that are marked this way for the ATV use/retrieval, and know it would be next to impossible to operate an ATV in those areas due to the gradient, rock outcroppings, the down timber and all of this stuff combined into one giant problem rolled together.
So, while the guy in this scenario may have not had his act together, he nevertheless may not have been breaking any laws.

 

[shootbrownelk]

True windy, you can't tell diddly-squat from a picture. It's just theorizing. Hopefully he isn't one of "Those Guys".