GRAYLING, Mich. — A dozen elk fell through ice and died, despite a desperate rescue effort by hunting guides in Michigan's northern Lower Peninsula.
The director of the Department of Natural Resources calls it a “very tragic and unfortunate event.”
The elk died Tuesday at Crapo Lake, a private lake in Otsego County, about 20 miles northeast of Grayling. It was a group of bulls, females and calves.
A hunting party saw the elk heading down a slope and onto the ice.
Two hunting guides in a rowboat tried to cut a path through the ice with a chainsaw but didn’t make much progress.
Authorities recovered 11 carcasses Wednesday. The meat will be donated to local charities.
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