Grizzly Kills Bull Elk In the Yellowstone River, Hayden Valley, Sept.18 ,2020

[wyosteve]

If you watch closely, when the bull is being 'rolled over' in the river, one of its back legs is broken as someone mentioned.

 

[bcar]

"I'm talking to you Texas" lol

That elk had to be injured previously.

That part was hilarious

 

[Pitbull44]

Crazy!

 

[Stickbow]

The part where the Bull realizes he can't escape, and turns and brings down his antlers gives me chills. Love this video.

 

[AaronMColeman]

Nature is brutal. Predation, starvation are the top ways elk die. If those were my options I'd take the arrow or bullet through the vitals all day long! To me this is one of the strongest arguments for the ethic of hunting.

 

[Beendare]

Is there any doubt that bear knew exactly what he was doing...and had done it before?

Smart Bear...lets hope he doesn't teach all of his buddies that trick.

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[SBAHunts]

so much for the idea of trying to out swim a bear. next.....

 

[Marbles]

The grizzly could have ran the elk to exhaustion as well, the elk looked pretty spent and it is will within the bears ability.

 

[Bobbyboe]

I was amazed how quickly the elk drown. From the first time its head went under the water until he stopped moving was 13 seconds. WOW.

 

[ckstites]

Great video!

 

[mod700]

Damn... when they floated into deeper water, that bear looked like a log roller at the old logging days. Live is cruel and no mercy shown in the wild. Pretty impressive footage!
Mike

 

[njdoxie]

Yep, it’s the law of the jungle, might makes right, screw everything else, period...or die yourself.


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[whaack]

Get some son! Good for the bear. That was awesome.


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[Greasewyo]

Wow its a wild place.

 

[Bearshirt]

Kinda disappointed in the amount of fight the bull gave. Seemed like he gave up pretty easy. I wonder if he was wounded.

 

[slatty]

I will just echo all the sentiments above.
Man that was a little hard to watch. I think the bull was rut crazed and injured and just didn't really see that one coming. Gotta admire that bear's determination it earned that meal for sure.
I'm actually reading a lewis and clark biography right now and in the days of grizzlies not fearing humans, basically their strategy was either shoot it, and if it still was running at you, go into the river for safety (they were traveling up the missouri and were basically always by the river). I think a human would escape in the water with a little more intensity than that bull, he didn't seem too worried about the threat. Two very impressive animals doing their thing.

 

[AndyB]

You can see as the Bull is walking into the water that its right rear leg is snapped, you can also see it as someone else mentioned when the Griz rolls it in the water. Shows how tuff Elk are to have stood and fought as it did.

 

[String&stick]

In another outlet I saw the video slowed down and the elk clearly has a broken rear leg, it was also stated that it appeared to have a puncture wound. So I'm guessing the grizzly had a pretty good idea he was going to get lunch one way or another! Both fascinating and difficult to watch all at the same time.