Posted on 10/12/2021 2:26:20 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
After numerous failed attempts, Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers caught up with a bull elk that had worn an old tire around its neck for approximately two years.
“We would have preferred to cut the tire and leave the antlers for his rutting activity,” Murdoch said, “but the situation was dynamic and we had to just get the tire off in any way possible.”
Why we cut the antlers off & not the tire:
1⃣ We tried, sawzall was slow going thru steel in the bead of the tire 2⃣ The animal was under anesthesia, time was limited 3⃣ Does not harm the elk, will grow back next year 4⃣ Reduces the chance the bull would be harvested this year CPW spokesman Jason Clay said the agency is discussing the possibility of mounting the antlers for display – with the tire around them – as an educational tool.
LOL. Hope he doesn’t decide to retire.
Probably the same way that young seals in the YouTube "Ocean Conservation Namibia" videos get straps and fishing line stuck around their necks. They pick up the loops with their noses to play with them, then the loops slide onto the seals' necks, and stay there. Then the seals grow up.
At least this elk was not slowly strangled by the tire as he grew up.
Woods Cred.
putting a rubber over the big head does not give you protection....it goes over the small head...../s
That response was inevitable on this thread.
Would that be a neck tire?
—”How in the world did the elk get a tire around his neck?”
Guys gotta have fun?
The mini version that lives near a friends house:
Jaws of life like hydraulic scissors - 40 seconds.
Just sayin.
It just wanted to make sure it was wearing proper attire.
The loose fit of the tire, neck size and head size gives the impression that every time the elk grazed or drank water that the tire would want to slide off.
Once the antlers begin to grow each Spring, the dude was stuck with bling for the rest of the year.
“—”How in the world did the elk get a tire around his neck?”
Guys gotta have fun?”
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LOL. :) True enough. :)
“Probably the same way that young seals in the YouTube “Ocean Conservation Namibia” videos get straps and fishing line stuck around their necks. They pick up the loops with their noses to play with them, then the loops slide onto the seals’ necks, and stay there. Then the seals grow up.
At least this elk was not slowly strangled by the tire as he grew up.”
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That makes sense. It’s kind of like soda pop cans with plastic holders. They end up in the water and kill marine life. IIRC.
LOL!
Hey, Jean-Bertrand Aristide was an even *bigger* enthusiast.
“Necklacing is very nice-smelling!” X.x
Also good protection from a cougar wanting to sink its teeth into his neck.
*** He won’t be wearing a tire, but they should be able to pick out him out of the crowd.
“He has two lovely green earrings,” Hemstreet said.***
Yep.
My first thought, also!
Winner winner chicken dinner!
Yeah, right?
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