Show I I Elk l Rescue lescue escue Sounds Like Fish Story weighing A point four bull elk weigh weigh- I ing nearly 1000 pounds was ws still lying exhausted by the I II side of a huge mud hole at East Park Monday evening after being rescued Sunday District Game Manager Dab Bob Jensen said Tuesday mar mor- mor morning ning that the elk appeared to tobe tobe be uninjured and was breath breath- breathing ing regularly THE ELK WAS discovered Sunday by Lynn Luck who had been fishing around the lake On the way back to camp he saw what he first thought was a bush moving Closer Investigation reveal reveal- revealed revealed ed the huge elk mired deep in inu ina u a mud wallow sink hole with just his horns and nose above the liquid mud As Mr Luck watched the huge head would dip and blow bubbles in the mud while exhaling then It would lift up as the animal took a life giving breath More than likely it would have been drowned by the following morning MR LUCK returned to camp and LaDell started his wheel four home home- homemade made vehicle and the men and their wives returned to tie t tot e hapless elk They tied a chain around the large larie horns hooked on to the vehicle and hauled the elk out of the mire It actual actual- ly actually looked grateful to see soo us the wives said Its legs were frozen stiff Game Manager Jensen esti esti- esti estimated mated that the animal must have been trapped for about a week to have thrashed around until it had driven it- it itself it self in so I The rescuers tied lied a rope around the tho elks elk's horns and andare are arc asking that anyone who shoots it please share it with the Lucks and IF YOU THINK this is an an- another other fish story you should have seen the elk they com com- comI commented commented |