By Jayati Ramakrishnan
The Oregonian
A Hillsboro man died Sunday morning in
Tillamook County after an elk that he had shot and wounded the previous night
charged at him, fatally wounding him.
Mark
David, 66, had been archery hunting on private property in Tillamook County on
Saturday evening. According to Oregon State Police, David hit a bull elk and
wounded it, but couldn’t find it before nightfall.
The
next morning, David and the property owner went out to look for the elk. Around
9:15 a.m., David found the elk and tried to kill it with his bow.
State police say the elk charged David and
gored him in the neck with its antlers. The property owner tried to help David,
but he died from his injuries.
Police
say the elk was killed and the meat was donated to the Tillamook County jail.
https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2020/08/wounded-elk-kills-hunter-in-tillamook-county.html
Link at knuckledraggin.
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