High desert, lava elk.

[H&Hhunter]

 

[wankerjake]

Youch!

 

[H&Hhunter]

My DVM wife told me that all of the “modeling” you see on the bone surface was caused by infection.

 

[glockgod]

That's some weird stuff!!

 

[H&Hhunter]

That's some weird stuff!!

Goes to show how tough an elk is. That fracture was completely displaced. It had healed on its own over the course of several months. She was otherwise healthy and fat when I shot her.

 

[sixgunner455]

Goes to show how tough an elk is. That fracture was completely displaced. It had healed on its own over the course of several months. She was otherwise healthy and fat when I shot her.

I was going to say, that looks like it was healing up. A bit messy, but probably functional.

I had a doc tell me when I was a kid and scared of some stitches that it didn’t matter if he put them in - I’d still heal up. My scar would look a bit more scary, but the body doesn’t need stitches to heal a cut. Or a cast to heal a poorly set broken bone, apparently.