It’s not like you have to search for these type of articles on hunting accidents–they’re in the news every day. This was sent to me by an alert reader who saw the elk as the ultimate victim of the one-sided sporting event.

Even the Associated Press saw the potential for divine justice here, opening their story with the line:

An elk slain in Utah had its last revenge when its antler punctured

Wildlife Photography ©Jim Robertson, 2013.

the neck of the hunter who’d brought him down.

The Associated Press

VERNAL, Utah —
An elk slain in Utah had its last revenge when its antler punctured the neck of the hunter who’d brought him down.

The Salt Lake Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/15L3B5p ) the 51-year-old hunter snagged the elk Saturday east of Vernal.

Uintah County Undersheriff John Laursen says the man was trying to roll the 600- to 700-pound animal over when the antler stabbed him behind his jaw.

Deputies say the hunter called for help and told dispatchers he was having trouble breathing.

Rescuers airlifted the man to the hospital, and crews put a tube into his trachea to keep it open.

Laursen says the hunter was later flown to a different hospital for surgery, and was expected to make a full recovery.

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Information from: The Salt Lake Tribune, http://www.sltrib.com