Battle Scar.. how tough are you...?

Elk I bagged this past fall had taken an antler into it's nasal area. Punched through the suborbital gland (just below the eye).

oouwww....

Ya gotta wonder what the impact strength of a Rams skull actually is. I was trying to locate the ram that dinged this one thinking I could find a blood smear.. never did see any others with blood on the horns...

Cocadori:
When does the rut take place in your region? Our California's here in Oregon go into action in October.

Where this was taken is Nov-Dec ish...

Anybody have an aspirin?

What I have to wonder is do they ever get concussions, I mean the impact is incredible.

Saw a cross section of the skull. Very sponge like and very cool. They rut hard in November here in Colorado. Have seen them banging heads in July though, must be a guy thing.

Accidents do happen. Here is a photo I took back in 08 before the rut.



I bet he couldn't knock heads very effectively anymore. I have never seen him again.

I'm betting against that sucker in the rut.

I bet things would get one sided.......

Pic of a hole in the skull of a bull elk I took near West Yellowstone MT. in 1988.
My guess is it is from a rival bull's antler. It's not a bullet hole, at least not mine, as one shot behind the shoulder dropped him at very first light on opening day.
OUCH!

My head hurts just looking at these pictures!

Here's a lion I killed. I assume the hole behind the eye socket is a puncture from another lion's tooth. He was pretty scarred up too, must've been after a female that wasn't ready and willing.

And a caulking gun.

Gunner

boar that had been shot in the head and healed up.

They rut hard in November here in Colorado. Have seen them banging heads in July though, must be a guy thing.\


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