Has anyone else ran across this one?
I just returned from a 4 day jaunt into the high country of SW Montana. There were three of us along on this horse/hiking/ATV Hunt for Elk/Moose/Bear! On day two of the Hunt we were at a trailhead and out of the wilds walks towards us a human made up to look just exactly like a Cow Elk!
This "genius" (and maybe he was?) had a costume on that made him into the likeness of a Cow Elk! His face was the face of the Elk and on his back was a support for the large "artificial" back (two thirds) of an Elk!
His legs were costumed like the front legs of an Elk!
In effect he was an Elk decoy with a human inside!
I had never seen or even heard of this type set up!
In the immediate area much Rifle Hunting was going on including Bear Hunting, Mt. Goat Hunting, Moose Hunting, Bighorn Sheep Hunting and maybe some others?
One of my partners and myself were armed with Rifles at the time (the other was archery Hunting Elk) and we were somewhat shaken or taken aback by this "situation"!
No Rifle Hunting of Elk was in effect at the time but just a couple miles west of our locale indeed the Idaho Hunters are allowed to Hunt Elk at the time with Rifles!
I am interested to know if other folks would feel the trepidation that we three shared on seeing this fella all colored and dressed and attached to Elky looking accoutrements come out of the forest during Hunting season?
Also has anyone seen this Elk Decoy with human component offered for sale anywhere or did this guy make this rig up for his-self?
He avoided coming past us and went through some brush to avoid us and our stares - apparently!
I know I don't need an Elk bad enough to dress up like one during the Hunting season.
This fella went to a camp that had room for more than one Hunter but we did not see anyone with him at the time of his exit from the "woods"!
I am still a little "worried" by this incident!
Better safe than sorry is my motto.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

Sounds like a pretty dumb guy to me. I don't mind using decoys to bring animals in but what happens if another hunter doesn't realize that you are the decoy and puts an arrow, slug, sabot, or bullet in you. Hopefully it will be a broadside shot through the cheeks and not anything else. Just remember not all hunters get bull tags.

I just hope that bull doesn't pussy foot up from behind without him catching on....he might be getting worse than shot if he's not careful! A fellow could dab a little "Cow in Heat" on the tail end of that thing, and sit back and watch the fun....

was he armed???? if not he could've been an anti-hunter and maybe he was trying to scare the elk--or maybe he was going INDIAN style to sneak in close and put the hammer down!!!!....chris

Maybe you busted them taping JACKASS

http://www.looptard.com/weird_videos_elk_rape_funny.html

Simply put, You spotted a Darwin Award Winner! Nate

Yup. Natural selection in action.

Years ago when I was in CO at gunsmithing school we reviewed hunting accidents. One fine shot took a 'bear' at 300 yds.An experienced hunter , he saw what he was sure was a bear. It was a hunter ,dressed in a full length black parka [in CO where orange is manditory] with hood up ,rifle nearby against a tree, in bear country !! I called it justifiable homicide !!

Big Nate-you about made me spit up my morning pop tart when I read your response...

Mark D

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Originally posted by BigNate:
Simply put, You spotted a Darwin Award Winner! Nate

Nope only a contestant for a darwin award.

You CANNOT win a darwin award while still alive.

AllanD

I've seen Ms. America before she received her crown.

Believe me, this guy will be, if he even made it home. I can't think of a much dumber thing to do. People get shot dressed like pumkins! Nate

Well, After I wiped my eyes from the story, I can't imagine a person could buy such an ingenious way to commit suicide.

I remember doing something kind of similar to this when I was in High School back in SE Nebraska. We made a cow out of a couple sheets of thin plywood and put the sneak on snow geese out in the corn fields. My friends used to always give me crap for it, but it was easy to get half a dozen geese when shooting at a flock of thousands. During the spring snow goose season in Nebraska you could carry as many shells in your gun as you wanted and there was no kill limit.

That was substantially less dangerous than wandering the forest dressed like a fruit

Perhaps he was contemplating suicide by hunter...

Dick Cheneys hunting partner......practicing?

Sounds like the boy's from MTV's Jackass...those idiots dressed up in a cow elk suit and got mounted by a bull on a game farm!

MG