Elk damage. 9/19/2018

Heard the elk bugling a couple of nights ago. Next morning I heard more bugling and then saw a bull with a big rack and a cow walk out of the CREP project in the upper field. It's a bit unusual to see them during hunting season. Went down to show Tom Nygren the thinning that we were doing in the CREP project and found this tree. Those darned elk! This is a really nice tree, but now only a little bark left on the back side. I hope that it survives.