smokepole…….no one said to not try to salvage the meat.....if it is maybe bad......no one has said to not go look …...the point is this...if the elk is not recovered that day....but the next morning.....

it might be wise to think, that just maybe...a bear has found it, and just maybe a person would be wise, to approach the carcass as if there was a bear on it.

maybe they did.....but going off what info is out there.....it sounds kind of like a cluster......its just a discussion...…..bob