16 elk killed after haystack collapses

Coeur d’Alene Press ^ | April 13, 2020 | Anonymous

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Article says these were 2,000 pounds. Elk ate from the bottom of the pile.

I think an “Elk Feeding Training” project is needed to teach them to eat from the top of the pile.

[Empire_of_Liberty]

Because Elk don’t play Jenga very well...

[Old Yeller]

They’ll dress out.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Round may not be a good idea.

But it does make it easier for the stock to get dinner...

[Rockingham]

The toxic nature of those particular carcasses though would present a danger to wildlife and local water quality.

[Vendome]

Gawd I wish that was on film...

[freedumb2003]

If it saves just one elk....

(close enough)

[PGR88]

It gives real relevance to the phrase my Granddad used to say: “Its like looking for an elk in a haystack.”

Or something like that, I can’t recall exactly….

[Amberdawn]

I thought I read about a semi-famous person in the UK being killed by a round bale that rolled into a roadway and I was right.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-11195393

[Gator113]

If you wish hard enough and long enough, most dreams can come true.

[SaveFerris]

Darn! I forgot the Fracking!

That too!!!

[DannyTN]

Sad for the elk and their ilk.

[Magnum44]

[NormsRevenge]

Wow.. all that meat gone to waste..

Our bales were the smaller twine tied ones, you learned how to stack them so they didn’t fall over..

These big round fellars wouldn’t likely stack as well.

square v. round? the debate goes on.. except for the recent elk victims.

[Dusty Road]

No danger at all. Nature is designed perfectly to take care of such a situation, even down to the bones. Only threat to water quality is if the animals die in an active drainage. Full grown cow only lasts about 3 days around here before the predators have it stripped to the bone.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

The elk were playing Jenga...and they all lost. Moral of the story...don’t eat from the bottom of a stack of bales.

[Redcitizen]

They didn’t social distance themselves to stay safe.

[attiladhun2]

They all tested positive for CV19, ergo, they are casualties of the pandemic.

[hadaclueonce]

Beware of free food.

[Sivad]

Well, there goes some poor hunter's elk stand unless, of course, the hunter was on top of the stack at the time. If by chance a ladder is found next to the stack someone should search for a hunter's carcass, as well. Respectfully, Lawrence Elk 🦌🦌🦌🦌