Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Elk Hunting Elk tearing up sagebrush prior to shedding?

I've always thought bulls would do this, I've watched 'em thrash trees during the rut, almost exclusively cedar trees, never saw 'em tear up sage during that time of year. The patch of dirt in the pic above Trudie had sage torn up down to the roots. She found 3 horns in that dirt but we've never found 'em near torn up sage before. Anybody saw bulls do this in the spring?