This Fall the trophy Bull Elk lived in our neighborhood in Evergreen, Colorado. He was very tame. You could walk right up to him and, so long as you did not make any moves on his girls, he would just keep going wherever he willed.
We heard from neighbors that some gun toting idiot living in our community was sitting on his deck on day when this bull elk was passing by. He went into his house to get his high powered scope equipped rifle and starting shooting at this majestic animal. The first shot got him, but not well enough to kill him quickly. He started running and our local idiot took off after him firing wildly. This was a school day and children were frightened and crying. Finally someone from the Colorado Department of Wildlife had the animal put down.
The only good news from all of this was that the Idiot’s wife threw him out of their house. He is being prosecuted from endangering public safety and no longer lives in the county

I’m very sorry to hear this, having myself ” pet” deers! But as long as they mostly are on my ground the belong to me, the gamekeepe said, so it’s banned for any hunter to shoot my Roe deers.
Wow!! Some peoples kids!
Yes, they were really traumatized.
poor little ones…I hope the guy is in custody. Were the children de-briefed.
He was, but posted bail. I do not know whether they had any counseling for the children.
Oh that makes me mad….people are sooooo stupid when it comes to hunting animals! How could this idiot man watch this beautiful tame majestic animal who was gentle in heart and then to shoot it! If that was not enough he kept shooting and scared children and probably adults as well!!! Grrrrrrrrrr….that makes me so mad at him. How awful that the Bull Elk suffered….awful.
Me too. I feel like i lost a friend.
I am so very sorry for the loss of his life and the grace of his friendship and his majestic quiet spirit. My heart goes out to you.
Thank you.
Why anyone want to hurt such a beautiful creature is beyond me… So sad.
I know. Even some of my National Rife Assn acquaintances think the guy was an idiot.