Cool Elk Vid I got Emailed to Me
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RENO, Nev. (AP) -- It's not all checking hunting and fishing
licenses. Sometimes the issues are bigger. Like when a Nevada game
warden was Handed the chore of figuring out how to separate two bull elk
who locked horns while sparring and couldn't untangle them.
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> The saga began Nov. 21 when a rancher in Reese River Valley
spotted the two elk. By the following day, the animals were gone and
the rancher assumed they had separated.
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> A week later, according to Nevada Division of Wildlife
biologist Tom Donham, the rancher was out looking for some of his cows and
saw the elk again. This time, he called the wildlife department and
Donham, game warden Brian Eller and Bureau of Land Management wildlife
biologist Bryson Code headed out to see what they could do. When they
reached Indian Valley, south of Austin, it was Nov. 29, one week after
the elk were first seen.
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> 'When we arrived where the rancher had last seen them, we
found them pretty quickly. They were both lying on the ground and one of
them was in a very uncomfortable looking position with his head
directly above the others head and his nose pointing straight up to the sky,'
Donham said. Eller said he wondered if they had survived their
ordeal.
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> 'Once we found out they were alive, I was hoping they couldn't
move and would stay where they were. That didn't happen. When they
ran off, I was hoping that they could not go very far. That didn't
happen either,' he said.
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> The elk may have been sparring at the outset, but Donham and
Eller say they used teamwork to run for nearly a mile to evade the
newcomers. 'It looked like they had been doing it all their lives; serious
cooperation if I've ever seen it,' Donham said.
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> After two unsuccessful attempts, Donham was able to get a
tranquilizer dart into one of the elk. With one down, the other could not
run, but was also partially tranquilized in order to separate the
two
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> Eller and Code helped hold the elk down while Donham used a
hand saw to remove part of an antler off one of them.
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> 'As soon as they were apart, the bull that hadn't gotten a
full dose jumped to his feet and Bryson, Brian and I quickly gave him all
the room he wanted. He went off about 30 yards and lay down for about
10 minutes before finally walking up the hill and over the ridge,
none the worse for wear' Donham said. The other elk was treated with
antibiotics and eventually walked off as well after the tranquilizer had
worn off.
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> 'If these two bulls had not been discovered, and we never got
the call, they more than likely would have both died. Watching the
bulls walk away, and knowing that we likely saved them from a slow death
was definitely one of those moments that makes this job rewarding.
RENO, Nev. (AP) -- It's not all checking hunting and fishing
licenses. Sometimes the issues are bigger. Like when a Nevada game
warden was Handed the chore of figuring out how to separate two bull elk
who locked horns while sparring and couldn't untangle them.
>
>
>
>
>
> The saga began Nov. 21 when a rancher in Reese River Valley
spotted the two elk. By the following day, the animals were gone and
the rancher assumed they had separated.
>
> A week later, according to Nevada Division of Wildlife
biologist Tom Donham, the rancher was out looking for some of his cows and
saw the elk again. This time, he called the wildlife department and
Donham, game warden Brian Eller and Bureau of Land Management wildlife
biologist Bryson Code headed out to see what they could do. When they
reached Indian Valley, south of Austin, it was Nov. 29, one week after
the elk were first seen.
>
>
> 'When we arrived where the rancher had last seen them, we
found them pretty quickly. They were both lying on the ground and one of
them was in a very uncomfortable looking position with his head
directly above the others head and his nose pointing straight up to the sky,'
Donham said. Eller said he wondered if they had survived their
ordeal.
>
> 'Once we found out they were alive, I was hoping they couldn't
move and would stay where they were. That didn't happen. When they
ran off, I was hoping that they could not go very far. That didn't
happen either,' he said.
>
> The elk may have been sparring at the outset, but Donham and
Eller say they used teamwork to run for nearly a mile to evade the
newcomers. 'It looked like they had been doing it all their lives; serious
cooperation if I've ever seen it,' Donham said.
>
> After two unsuccessful attempts, Donham was able to get a
tranquilizer dart into one of the elk. With one down, the other could not
run, but was also partially tranquilized in order to separate the
two
>
> Eller and Code helped hold the elk down while Donham used a
hand saw to remove part of an antler off one of them.
>
>
>
>
> 'As soon as they were apart, the bull that hadn't gotten a
full dose jumped to his feet and Bryson, Brian and I quickly gave him all
the room he wanted. He went off about 30 yards and lay down for about
10 minutes before finally walking up the hill and over the ridge,
none the worse for wear' Donham said. The other elk was treated with
antibiotics and eventually walked off as well after the tranquilizer had
worn off.
>
> 'If these two bulls had not been discovered, and we never got
the call, they more than likely would have both died. Watching the
bulls walk away, and knowing that we likely saved them from a slow death
was definitely one of those moments that makes this job rewarding.
