wasted elk- a shame

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While skinning my utah muzzleloader bull, I kept finding #6 birdshot all over him. there was a good concentration in his neck, with occasional pellets in his shoulder, backstrap, and hindquarters. most didn't penetrate the muscles. I had shot a deer a few years back with birdshot in her, so I didn't think much of it. When we got everything home and began cutting up the meat, we discovered that some of the membranes between the muscles were a green-grey color. Whenever I'd cut into a muscle, the smell wes real strong, but it wasn't a smell I recognized. Finally I got concerned enough that I contacted a nutritionist, a dietition, and a meat expert from the university meats laboratory. They all agreed that the bull was recovering from a "low grade" infection when I shot him. If I'd shot him a month later, everything would have been all right. As it was, they all told me in no uncertain terms not to feed any of the meat to anyone I care about.
I've never wasted an ounce of meat from any of my animals, so throwing this big bull away was really hard to do.
If any of you hear of a grouse hunter that just couldn't resist pelting a big bull with his shotgun, please bend their shotgun around their neck for me.
 
What a shame.

Mike
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Hunters ruining it for other hunters. I certainly hope that this person is frowned upon by the hunting Gods. Nothing more would this guy deserve than to have his guns stolen, and ammunition misfires on animals for a few years to come. I hope that someone gives you a little elk meat to tide you over until next year. What a bummer!
STXBUX
 
Sorry to hear about the wasted meat. I shot a buck last year that, when processing the meat, I realised had been shot in the neck/shoulder area with #7 shot. I shot him on a special permit hunt in December and didn't have any meat that looked like what you describe. After removing maybe 20-30 pieces of shot it was one of the best tasting deer I've had. Sorry that your situation didn't turn out as well.
 
Who ever did that is a freak. I just hope the bull was ok after the shot I bet he was in pain . Dam idiot poachers . When do you think he weas hot before you killed him ?

later , hunter cameron
 
I dont know if it's possible in Utah but here in Idaho a buddy had shot a deer that had a similar thing happen and after a call to Fish & Game and a visit to the office with the aminal he was given another tag. Shame that someone that is a "hunter" of any kind could do such a thing.
 
Maybe it was self defense!! Maybe the bull thought he found a very ugly unsepecting cow!! You know what they say the ugly ones are fair game as long as your friends dont find out.
 
The problem with that is that one way or the other your friends eventually find out. And they will never let you live it down. I'm sure most of you know what that's like. Lord knows I do. Then the only thing you can hope for is that they make the same mistake and blackmail 'em.
 
Was you bull anywhere near a field? I know a few farmers/ranchers who don't have a problem shooting elk with a shotgun. I don't think bird hunters are to blame. It's a real problem for farmers who make a meger living anyway. Maybe we should stop building houses in places like the point of the mountain. (Traverse Ridge)

Dub
 
The orchardists around here are famous for shooting the elk with scatterguns. We even had one that took it a step further and killed several with a rifle. I'm not sure how it turned out. He blamed the game dept because he had called them many times. It was quite the to do. Lawsuits everywhere.
 

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