Wounded elk kills hunter in Tillamook County A Hillsboro man died Sunday morning in Tillamook County after an elk that he had shot and wounded the previous night charged at him, fatally wounding him. Mark David, 66, had been archery hunting on private property in Tillamook County on Saturday evening. According to Oregon State Police, David hit a bull elk and wounded it, but couldn’t find it before nightfall. The next morning, David and the property owner went out to look for the elk. Around 9:15 a.m., David found the elk and tried to kill it with his bow. State police say the elk charged David and gored him in the neck with its antlers. The property owner tried to help David, but he died from his injuries. Police say the elk was killed and the meat was donated to the Tillamook County jail. https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2020/08/wounded-elk-kills-hunter-in-tillamook-county.html
Unless it was going to die anyways it doesn't really seem fair that they killed the elk. They should at least give the the elk's wife the hunter's head so she can mount it on the wall in her home.
With my luck, the cheese would be moldy and the elk would be long gone and I'd be left with paying Doctor Vinnie Boombotz for pumping out my stomach. I'm tellin' ya' I don't get no respect.
Why was the elk/meat not given to the wife and/or property owner? I mean, he had the tag, did he not?
The hunter uses his tag unless there is a crippled person and then the hunter may hunt on the crippled person's behalf but the hunter must then use the crippled person's tag. Being disabled, I've looked this up.
If an animal killed your wife would you really want to eat that animal? Nothing wrong if you would but I'm guessing everyone was in shock and dressing an elk was pretty far down on the list of things that need to be done.
If I were the property owner, and the elk had been given to me to do whatever, I would have paid for that, frozen the meat, then dispersed accordingly...including the wife if she wanted it. Simply giving it to the local prison seems a little weird to me. But, hey, whatever.
I'm not really a fan of bow hunting. I don't think it's humane. A gun can usually bring the deer/elk down right away. Occasionally it will be a shot that only wounds them, but my understanding is that bow hunting almost never brings an animal down right away? I'm also not sure why people would be against hunting because it's vastly more humane than the conditions for most beef ranches and it has almost no impact on the environment, unlike those massive beef ranches.
I know its not bacon just an old figure of speech when you bring home game for the table. I believe 11 years old with a hunters safety certificate. Any hunter under 17 must have one. Its really a cultural thing for many to learn to hunt at an early age and respect what nature brings for food. I was 12 with 30/30 and shot my first mule deer forked horn. My father made me drink a cup of the deer's blood...jk
