Elk trains don't mix

[rutnbuck]

On my way to Price Ut. From the looks of it a whole heard of elk were caught on the train tracks. Sad day
Rut

 

[Ellensburg]

Train tracks are like 5 feet wide... How did a heard of elk get caught on them?

 

[rutnbuck]

lets see I think they were standing in that 5 foot when the train wiped them out. Dead elk laying everywhere

 

[eelgrass]

Rut,

You sure they were elk? Did one of them have a red nose?

Just curious because Santa hasn't arrived at my house yet!

Merry Christmas!

Steve

 

[rutnbuck]

Ya know Steve
I didn't get that good of a look. It might of been Santa! Because she hasn't shown up at my house either. I did hear Blitzen took a hit from a 180 gr. spitzer. But he managed to get away no thanks to the rest of the heard dragging him along?
Rut

 

[albubba]

Where did you see the elk? Was it on the Price side of Soldier Summit or closer to Spanish Fork?

 

[studpile]

Seen a similiar thing in Nevada a few years back. Antelope herd versus train, not pretty. If I remember right, the snow was too deep for the goats to get off the track and run, so they took off running on the only place they could get a foothold. Maybe the situation was similiar in this instance, although I thought elk were a lot smarter than antelope.

 

[eelgrass]

My father worked for the railroad for 35 years. He has plenty of stories similar to this one. Somehow animals get "locked in" using the tracks for an escape route. The results are the same every time.

Steve

 

[B_F_E]

Anybody got pictures ?
It would be interesting to see.

 

[DR_DEATH]

HEY RUT Do You know what sheep look like??? If so than how did you confuse them with ELK??? Too much egg nog for Christmas

 

[DR_DEATH]

Here is the link for you out of Staters or those that didn't see this on the local Utah news

http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=144042

Man Rut what ever your takin I need some of that. If you can make these sheep look like elk.

 

[rutnbuck]

Wow my bad I guess. I was driving i just glanced my passanger told me about it. MY son. I feel stupid if that is the case but better sheep then elk.
rut

 

[polarbear]

Eelgrass: No matter if they were sheep or elk, I'm sure that they all had "red noses". As well as red butts, red guts, red heads.....

Eric

 

[huntinco]

rutnbuck
That is way to funny, Elk turning into sheep
Maybe they were shape shifters! Your never going to live this one down. LOL
Justin Richins

 

[rutnbuck]

LAST EDITED ON Dec-29-05 AT 10:38PM (MST)[p]Here we go!!! I think the news was wrong. Just hush!!

 

[ARROWHNTR]

Rut,

I too saw the elk, they where up the canyon a ways, looked like three or four head had been hit in about a 50 yard range. The sheep where killed near the bottom of the canyon. I have a friend that works for the railroad, and he has told me in the past that it is nothing for them trains to take out deer and elk every day in SF canyon.

 

[rutnbuck]

Ah Ha Thanks Arrowhuntr I was thinking i was going crazy and had a monkey on my back i needed to get off.
Rut

 

[SneakAttack]

Two different crashes. Rut, don't worry, you're not crazy. The sheep were just outside town.


'It's all about the gut pile'

 

[RuttCrazed]

Just trying to help them over the tracks??

Rut