WINTER Wis. – A bull elk was found dead from eating corn put out by a well-intentioned landowner to help see wildlife through the winter. This occurred in the Flambeau River State Forest on the upper Chippewa drainage in far northern Wisconsin. A game warden blamed rumen acidosis, a disorder caused when elk, and also deer, change their diet too rapidly. The landowner was not cited for a violation but pledged a donation to the state’s elk program, the warden said. The elk, a young bull, was part of a contingent of animals transferred from Kentucky to Wisconsin in April.
In-field autopsy. Corn spills from the gut of an elk found dead on private property in Polk County.