Wait till you see the weight!

[Addicting]

Bull elk battle to death east of Coeur d'Alene

WILDLIFE -- Wow, talk about powerful stories: Two bull elk died after a bloody fight in which both were gored multiple times, their antlers got locked and they ended up tangled in a barbed wire property fence, according to news reports from North Idaho. One...

www.spokesman.com

 

[LuketheDog]

"They were big animals, probably 1,200 pounds or more on the hoof apiece. They were bigger than most any hunter would take in a lifetime."

Uh-oh, this may mess up the data set in @wllm1313's thread...

 

[Doublecluck]

1200 pounders huh?? lol.. crappy end for a couple nice bulls anyhow..

 

[Deleted member 20812]

My guesss is those weights were on the rail, i.e. lots of bone still in. Still big animals.

 

[BAKPAKR]

I drove by that field a short time after the bulls’ struggle. They had wiped out a long section of fenceline.

 

[kmott]

seems suspicious to me . my theory is, the moose did it.

 

[AvidIndoorsman]

"They were big animals, probably 1,200 pounds or more on the hoof apiece. They were bigger than most any hunter would take in a lifetime."

Uh-oh, this may mess up the data set in @wllm1313's thread...

Wow two of the biggest elk in the world and apparently the best butcher on earth who is able to magically get a 40+% yield.

 

[2rocky]

How you get 1200#

"Wow they are as big as a horse"

"What's an average horse weigh?"

"I dunno, 1200 pounds I guess!"

 

[Pucky Freak]

With the weight values off, makes me wonder how accurate the rest of the reporting is...

 

[AvidIndoorsman]

How you get 1200#

"Wow they are as big as a horse"

"What's an average horse weigh?"

"I dunno, 1200 pounds I guess!"

Meanwhile... that guy who keeps telling you he shot a 600lb bear that was the size of a horse.

 

[westbranch]

That was the last bulls in the Panhandle before the wolves were able to take them out.

It looks like they were quoting the rancher on the weights. Ranchers talking about the weight of their steers reminds me a lot of hunters and their deer and elk.