I mean I don’t see the trees moving either. For all we know, 2 trees were moving 40mph and the dead elk stopped them dead.

What's crazy is the fact that the weight of that animal and the speed at which it was travelling still wasn't enough to break those horns.

If anyone bothered to read the description they'd know the elk died by being shot in the heart, a little while earlier and as it was running away it crashed into the trees and died.

I'm calling BS on this clip, some of the wild trees in that area have been known to hunt in pairs and can sprint at speeds upwards of 20 miles an hour in short bursts. As long as you have your leaf trimmers and some tree spray you can usually thwart an ambush. they tend not to hunt humans anyway

"Based on the depth of these hoofprints and the fractures in the antlers, this Elk was going 40 miles per hour." - *this guy, apparently*

Would love to see the conversation between peta and the tree huggers about who's at fault.

Even on video, doesn't capture how massive that elk and his horns are compared to being in its presence. Truly massive powerful animals❤

The amount of force and kinetic energy to snap that elk’s neck is just phenomenal. It had to have gotten spooked in the dark and was trying to dart between the trees and crunch it was over quick. Shame it wasn’t found right away that’s a huge amount of food that could feed hungry people

That's a clean kill right there. Props to the trees for ambushing this elk

Over 50 years ago I went to hunt camp in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. I'd never hunted and had only fired a rifle once in my life. I was there as camp cook. On the third day one of my fellow hunters returned late in the morning. I had purchased a license but didn't expect to hunt. Tommy offered to let me use his iron sight .303 and I took him up on it. At this point none of the five hunters had even seen a deer. Everyone was back in and I headed out of the cabin. I didn't get 50 feet from the door when a good sized spikehorn stepped out of the swamp about 60 yards away and started walking camly toward me. I was really pumped up and fumbled with the safety and tried to shoulder the weapon. The buck kept walking toward me and at about 30 yards I aimed for the chest and fired. He came down at me running full tilt. He was about 10 yards away when he took a hard left into the swamp ....... a couple of seconds later there was a huge crash ,then nothing. The cabin emptied and the guys wanted to know what I was shooting for so close to camp. I explained and a short search ensued. We found the spike with little difficulty and upon further inspection could not find an entry or exit wound. He cooked up just fine. Tommy said I was so ugly that I scared him to death. When field dressing him it became apparent that his neck was broken , probably the crash I heard. I got my first deer but didn't really qualify as a successful hunter.

If you're starving in the woods, this is a gift from God. A freaking miracle.

A more accurate title: “Hunters find dead Elk with head stuck between two trees”

The spirit of the elk looking at himself like damn how the f I missed that turn

“Is he okay?” Trees: no…no he’s not

My older brother shot a big 10pt. whitetail on our lease in Mo. years ago with his .35 Rem and it bolted off down the hill through the timber. He heard a very loud crash and knew the deer was surely dead. He came and got me to help him get it out and when we found the buck it was lodged in a huge cedar tree with both back feet about 2 feet off the ground. He was just hanging there that was one of the strangest things I've ever seen on a deer recovery.

The sheer terror he must have experienced before dying.

This looks like something you’d find in Skyrim.

Little did the audience know, the elk had ate sour elderberries earlier that morning, and as far as he was concerned he perfectly dodge the other 7 trees that he saw while mervin back home

Elk are known for their native, cheery dispositions and rarely ever suffer depression deeply enough to commit suicide. Our friend here was obviously a profoundly troubled soul.

What a majestic creature, even in death... Also, damn, what a way to go, "my absolute brolic horns got me in the end, was in middle of threading the needle and I was just simply too much of A FUCKING BEAST that it ended up killing me"

Plot twist: he’s asleep. his dr. Recommend sleeping in a elevated position for acid reflux.

Where’s the footage of him being clocked at 40mph? Just sayin’

Elk: I’m running faster than Sonic the Hedgehog, this is fucking awesome. Trees: I’m bout to end this bull’s whole career.

For those who didn’t read the description - this elk was shot prior to being found

Probably was on the cell and didn’t see the trees, distracted elk totally his fault

You cant fool me, canadian trees are infamous for moving at 40 MPH when they race for a mate! The elk was just in the way.

I will never understand how anyone can watch something like this and not be disgusted by it.

At 19 I thought I'd missed my 5 point muley until it smashed into a tree full speed downhill. Ran outta blood

The skeleton that would leave would be so fucking metal.

My initial reaction before reading the full description was something of a police detective. “He must have been running from a bear or something to get wedged like that. But why didn’t they feed on him?” Then I read a few more comments and realized it was in pure adrenaline fueled panic in the last few moments of his life. Imagine getting blasted in the heart and still being able to fully sprint away!

Hunter leaves and elk is like... "whew! That was close".

That has to have hurt. Can you imagine getting stopped dead in your tracks at 40mph by something attached to your head?

If only he had a reverse gear, he'd still be with us today.

"Take a look to the sky just before you die, it's the last time you will"! Metallica.

Trees are the ultimate ambush killers. Those maples didn't move for 20 years and they killed the elk so cleanly that there're no puncture wounds of any kind. What patience. Unreal.

Tree 1: Fuck you think you going? Tree 2: Aww hell no! Tree 1: Hold his ass! Hold his ass!

Not exactly the same but I've seen a similar situation with an American Whitetail in southern Illinois. My papa took a shot at a fairly sizable buck and missed, but the miss was close enough the thing took off like a rocket through the muddy bottoms. It tried to jump across a small creek running through the bottom and caught one antler on a tree growing up the side of said creek, twisted its head right around and broke its neck from its momentum. Was definitely an interesting sight.

Never run in the forest at night. My dad taught me that.

The trees probably had enough of this elk rubbing his antlers on them and decided to introduce him to Isaac Newton and physics.

That was a big boy. Ended up in a tight spot. Was interesting to watch. Great video

Quick note, be sure to read all text before ‘reaction commenting’ 😉. Description said, “ heart shot up the hill”. Also, the channel is ‘hunting and angling content only’ 😉. The old bull died very quickly,( humane I guess is the ‘in word’). This OLD past his prime bull fed 13 mouths, nothing wasted 🥳. ( as usual).

As a hunter I have seen crazy stuff in the woods. This is definitely the craziest.

Brilliant hunter for using the natural resources to help harvest, hold and pose such a magnificent animal.

Don't worry guys, I'm not disliking the video, I'm disliking what happened to this noble creature! Y'all are still cool with me! 👍

The look on the elk’s face was like “I really did this again?”

Beautiful animal and I'm happy he provided food for so many people.

It's incredible how focused this elk is. He is in deep contemplation. Who are we, where did we come from... You can see it in his eye's.

Every police agency in the country will want to hire this dude. He can give you a ticket for speeding even if you're standing still.

Actually, the elk didn't try to run through those 2 trees. Rather, it was blind and didn't see where it was going. Here's the reason why: The retinas in its eyes have the highest metabolic rate in the entire body by far... about 7 times greater than even the brain.... so when the blood pressure to the head dropped precipitously, the retinas didn't have the oxygen needed to function.... so vision was the first thing to go (especially with a heart shot) and the elk was essentially running blind. I've shot bears this way and they ran straight into large trees.... but they weren't trying to run through the tree.... they simply couldn't see what was right in front of them!

The description answered my question. Dead on his feet, running by hardwire, he never even saw the trees.

My dad who just passed away at 94 this Dec. told me a hunting story. His hunting partner shot a whitetail and it ran into a tree and ended up in a headstand, jammed in the trees. This was in the early 60's before I was born. Crazy stuff can happen in the bush.......

You can tell this Elk went through agonizing torture. Wish these two “gentlemen” would talk about that instead of size.

Sure can tell that a lot of ppl didn't read the description.

Darwin award goes to this Elk🥇

People really under estimate how tough trees are

Elk will find the worst possible place to pile up, every single time. Okay mine didn’t, but that’s a sample size of one.

I’m just thinking backstrap in butter, garlic, and herbs.

These two venus Moose-trap plants have successfully fertilized themselves for the spring. Trees can be predators too.

Poor guy he now understands what it means to be a plus size in a regular sized world.

Dude, the headache along from this before he passed omg

Died looking at the sky (GD) one hell of a way to go.

Guy 1: "ever see anything like that before" Guy 2: "sure, all the time, you haven't? Elk are always getting stuck between trees, it's a wonder they are not extinct, ay"

Sad. And you didn’t show any grief for him at all. Heartless.

The circle of life, nature at her finest

Reading the comments, it seems that most people don't realize that this Elk was shot before hitting the trees.

For a second my dumb ass thought you just happened to find him dead. I was thinking ‘damn that big boy must’ve hit them trees hard’ but then realized you got him lol awesome video

Two fast moving and coordinated trees be like “gotcha!”

Not exactly the best ending for such a beautiful and majestic bull.

That is something you won't likely see twice! It must've died instantly from a sheared brainstem. That so-called "rapid deceleration" has a tendency to yield fatal results for humans too. My first year working in CID as a fairly new detective I was called to a suspicious death scene on a popular bike path. Area kids had gone into the woods where they built themselves a pretty kickass track with double and triple jumps, and tall sweeping berms you would more likely find at a racetrack. One of the local drunks (stumblebum is no longer PC I guess) was wedged on his chest face first against the rising side of a jump he obviously failed to clear. The BMX bike he had been riding was on top of him, with his legs bent awkwardly up as if time froze upon his landing. At his autopsy we found his brainstem sheared as crisp and neat as if it was severed with a laser. That good looking mature bull has it's snout angled similarly to the guy at the bike path incident I processed years ago. Thanks for sharing this incredibly rare occurrence Steve!

Oh my gosh.. you won't find something like that every day, a sad end for a beautiful animal.

Those trees will feast for a long time on that elk. Props to them for acquiring additional supplements.

"Elk runs 40mph into trees" *Elk, dead, sitting still*

Wow. I was immediately reminded of one cold snowy morning my cousin and I hunkered down behind a log, and he started bugling, and guess what? well, within a few shakes a bull much like this one, was up close and personal, I'll never forget how his eyes were bulging and his breath blowing in clouds. He stunk. He was magnificent. He was lucky in that he glimpsed my cousin just as he rose, with arrow notched, and Exploded. Exploded is the correct word, shovel sized chunks of sod and snow flew from his hooves and he sprinted for the timber wherein he turned his head sideways. The sound of those shovelhandle sized green limbs popping off his horns, six feet above the ground as he dissappeared up the mountain is clear as I recall it now. It echoed like gunshots. Thanks for sharing, the memory was excellent. :-]

Lmao at no one reading the description OMG what a rare sight 😂

I never even heard of this animal before. Holy crap they are huge.

Something got free dinner. Natural selection at it's finest.

People who liked this search for the whitetail doe which was recorded slowly walking into a calm shallow river until her head went under and she didn't fight it at all, it was the craziest wildlife video I've found. She wasn't shot but probably had CWD from deer being overcrowded. I know from hunting for my own meat for over 35 years that when deer are wounded they often submerse themselves in water with only their snout sticking above the water but to have a non wounded one drown itself was shocking. I've culled whole herds of deer with CWD and seen them run in small circles and try to climb trees like goats do..i'ts really a shame and sad.

Over the years, I've found several large deer skulls with antlers lodged in the forks of trees. They get stuck and die and went their body separated from.the head, the skull is left just hanging their

That’s messed up. Elk’s spirit will haunt you for that hunter.

KZfaq regarding cuss words: unacceptable, inexcusable, and morally inept KZfaq regarding a dead animal: oh hell yeah let's recommend this to people

Wow that's a once in a lifetime thing to see right there. Great to hear how many people he was a le to provide meat to. I grew up hunting, havent in many years. I dont understand how people can talk crap about something they have never done or have had to do before. This meat is healthier then anything you will ever buy. Thanks for sharing the video!

Judging by the lack of torn up ground it was a very quick ending to a life well lived.

Only thing that surprises me is that there is not a single predator willing to take a bite of this free meal

Reading the video details really clear up the "how does this even happen"

He must’ve been equipped with a Nissan transmission. Reverse gear is usually the first one to go.

I did that once while riding a three wheeler. That sudden stop when the two rear wheel hung those two trees about kilt me.

This feels like a massive design flaw in their evolution

Trees: I'm bout to end this Elks whole career.

One tree is like: Bro, what was that? The other tree: What was What?

If only had Mother Nature equipped Elks with eyes more at the front of their heads instead of on the sides, he'd have had a better spatial orientation and assessment of width between two objects, and he'd still be here with us!

With the heart shot, he took off running then realized, "hey wait a minute, I'm dead!" and ended up here.

He’s like Ok , it seemed like a good idea at the time . I did not think this through at all .

That's why I've spent my life advocating for free glasses for near-sighted wildlife, they can't afford them.

Unfreaking believable!!!

Grandfather died the same way . Ambushed by merciless trees. Feds said it was a heart attack but I know the truth.

Until I saw the description I thought it had broke its own neck.

It makes me wonder what those two trees had to say when they went home to their wives that night. And one of the wives says, "Oh, for heaven's sake Leroy, I've never heard you make up something that stupid in a LONG time."

Always amazes me how an elk, deer, etc., can run fair distance after having their heart shattered by a bullet.

This guy didn't miss the forest through the trees.

You would think an elk old enough to get to that size would have known it could not fit between those trees.