[Watcher]

I didn't hit one big game draw this year - ouch! Guess I'll have to focus on archery elk and my trail cams. This poor girl knows how I feel - ouch!

 

[30-06-hunter]

Ouch is right, are those quills or cactus thorns?

 

[Kwalk3]

Either way looks painful..... During the turkey hunt I was trying to sneak up close to where some turkeys were to set up a decoy and when I got close saw red heads poking above the brush. I instinctively dropped to the ground and just happened to land my left cheek right in the biggest patch of cactus within a mile radius. I'm not sure how I didn't yell out. Was picking cactus spines out for a week.....

 

[Watcher]

Think its fatal?

Porky quills. **** nosy elk (no pun intended).
I wonder what the future holds for her?
She's going to have a tough time in the near future.
How long will a quill stay in?
Is an infection inevitable?
Predator or prey, nature is a tough place.

 

[Truelife]

Poor thing, wish she would stand still and let me pull those out for her.

I've never worked on a cougar yet that didn't have porky quils buried in it's paws and usually inside the mouth somewhere. So I know they will break off and heal over eventually. However I bet that elk doesn't touch anything with that nose for a long time. Breaking them off is probably not going to happen.