Roadkill Elk

[BiggWimm]

This morning I was getting off shift at the fire station when one of my fellow coworkers called me. He told me that he thought there was a dead elk not far from my station. Being a curious fellow, I went over to check it out. Once there I found a dead 5x5 bull. It was obvious that he had been struck by a vehicle. He was still steaming, so I thought I would contact Division of Wildlife Resources and maybe they would let me salvage the antlers and meat. After talking with a dispatcher for a long time, I was finally put into contact with a DWR Officer. He told me that I could not salvage any of it, and that the DWR "donates" it. However, he said that I might be able to plead my case to the responding officer about where the "donation" goes. After sitting along the highway for 2 hours, it dawned on me that not only was it Sunday, but it was Sunday during hunting season. I had no idea when an officer might show up. Unfortunately, I had given all of my personal information to the dispatcher so, with a sigh of disgust, I drove off. Nice job DWR on letting a perfectly good animal go to waste!

 

[genesis273]

bureaucracy...gotta love it!

 

[fishing4sanity]

Nice bull, too bad to see him go that way.

 

[highmountian]

He would of been tasty too!

 

[sweetnectar]

I bet he left a dent. Too bad he is just sitting there rotting. That really starts to stink.

 

[belly-deep]

Back in the old days, when hunting was about getting meat and not much more, my grandpa hit a buck on the way to a hunting spot, tagged it, and drove home. I would bet the game wardens in those days would have commended such acts for their efficiency...

 

[streamer]

Thats a shame, sure hope he went to some good, would hae beeen a dandy to take home with a tag. Cars do there number on the game.

 

[Wyodeerhunter]

I heard that bull was pushed off the mountain by mossback

 

[BiggWimm]

I heard that bull was pushed off the mountain by mossback

HAHAHA!!! More than likely!

 

[Up North 8]

sad...makes me hungry

 

['Ike']

Only thing I could find, other than meat parts on I40 going to my AZ hunt...Semi hit for sure as there were no car parts...

 

[dan.kirkpatrick]

sad to see it go to waste,,,I hunted elk 17 days this year and never flung an arrow,,,tag soup sucks.