By Chad Love

As an Oklahoman, I've had to deal with snickering comments about the backwards culture of my home state, as has anyone hailing from those states deemed "southern" by the rest of the nation (Example of an Oklahoma pick-up line? "Hey baby, nice tooth.") You get the point.

Regardless of cultural reality or geographic proximity, we all live in Yoknapatawpha County, we paddle down the Cahulawassee, and we drive the General Lee.

At the same time all us semi-literate "southern" hayseeds keep reading and hearing about how sophisticated and worldly the Rocky Mountain states are. Celebrities. Sundance. Aspen. Fresh powder. Flyfishing.

Well, we may not have all that stuff but at least we have enough class to keep the ungulates out of our bars

From the story:
EAGLE COUNTY, Colo. -- An elk that apparently tangled with a bar stool is now wearing the bar stool on its neck. Reports about the cow elk started coming into 7NEWS more than a week ago. Now residents in the area have taken photos of the elk wearing the bar stool. Wildlife officers are aware of the elk's problem, but haven't been able to get close enough to tranquilize the elk and remove the extra headgear.

But here's the kicker..."(wildlife manager Craig) Wescoatt said residents believe the elk picked up the stool during a visit to the Brush Creek Saloon or the Dusty Boot Saloon."

Now I don't know what the single male residents of Colorado do to pass the time during those long, cold winters. I won't deny that I've worn the beer goggles a time or two myself, but if this is what date night looks like in the Rocky Mountains I think I'll just stick to my catfish, my doublewide, and my girlfriends who do their grazing at the All-U-Can-Eat bar down at the casino.

Comments (11)

from s-kfry wrote 2 years 48 weeks ago

If you can't have a drink with your quarry in the off season how civilized are you really? I see this as a positive development in human/ungulate relationships.

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from 2Poppa wrote 2 years 48 weeks ago

Her Bull Elk companion must have had a girlfriend on the side!
She probably doesn't remember what bar she was in ... another case of being, "Rocky Mountain High!"

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from Mike Diehl wrote 2 years 48 weeks ago

You must have an unusual romatic life, Chad, if you can see a barstool wrapped around someone's (or something's) head and think "sex did that."

Obviously the elk got into a bar fight. Probably the barstool is the elk's trophy.

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from Walt Smith wrote 2 years 48 weeks ago

I can see it now. Hey baby, I'll buy you some drinks if you tell me where that 7x7 is hanging out at. What?, OK you can have the bar stool but you gotta tell me where the 6x6 hangs out too!

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from The Armchair Ou... wrote 2 years 48 weeks ago

It's so sad when a wild animal develops a substance abuse problem and is exploited for cheap website copy. Where's the intervention, you Good-Time Charlies? We don't all drive the General Lee here in Alabama either . . . but we'd like to.

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from HillbillyDeluxe wrote 2 years 48 weeks ago

Hell, I'd like to drive the General Lee in Oregon!

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from ishawooa wrote 2 years 48 weeks ago

Y'all I'm originally from Yoknapatawpha county. I never knew Mr. Bill but I did know his brother Mr. John and his wife. I'm fairly certain that some of the characters in the stories were my relatives. If'n ya dont no who I'm a-talkin bout then you-uns aint from thar.

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from ishawooa wrote 2 years 48 weeks ago

Chad as per the previous post I am originally from Mississippi but have lived in Wyoming for 28 years. To this very day whenever I encounter a new face and say "hello" invariably they will reply "Are you from Oklahoma?". My farrier is an Okie.

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from The Armchair Ou... wrote 2 years 48 weeks ago

As I said in response to another post, we rednecks are everywhere. It's not your state that matters, it's your state of mind!

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from Jacee wrote 2 years 48 weeks ago

This sounds like a step up from the usual sheep love 'round the Rockies. I have yet to see a drunk cow (elk), but then again some guys will do anything for an shot...

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from adaboshi wrote 2 years 48 weeks ago

Hey HILLBILLY DELUXE I with ya' man, DUKES OF HAZZARD WOOO HOOOOO!

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from Mike Diehl wrote 2 years 48 weeks ago

You must have an unusual romatic life, Chad, if you can see a barstool wrapped around someone's (or something's) head and think "sex did that."

Obviously the elk got into a bar fight. Probably the barstool is the elk's trophy.

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from adaboshi wrote 2 years 48 weeks ago

Hey HILLBILLY DELUXE I with ya' man, DUKES OF HAZZARD WOOO HOOOOO!

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from s-kfry wrote 2 years 48 weeks ago

If you can't have a drink with your quarry in the off season how civilized are you really? I see this as a positive development in human/ungulate relationships.

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from 2Poppa wrote 2 years 48 weeks ago

Her Bull Elk companion must have had a girlfriend on the side!
She probably doesn't remember what bar she was in ... another case of being, "Rocky Mountain High!"

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from Walt Smith wrote 2 years 48 weeks ago

I can see it now. Hey baby, I'll buy you some drinks if you tell me where that 7x7 is hanging out at. What?, OK you can have the bar stool but you gotta tell me where the 6x6 hangs out too!

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from The Armchair Ou... wrote 2 years 48 weeks ago

It's so sad when a wild animal develops a substance abuse problem and is exploited for cheap website copy. Where's the intervention, you Good-Time Charlies? We don't all drive the General Lee here in Alabama either . . . but we'd like to.

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from HillbillyDeluxe wrote 2 years 48 weeks ago

Hell, I'd like to drive the General Lee in Oregon!

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from ishawooa wrote 2 years 48 weeks ago

Y'all I'm originally from Yoknapatawpha county. I never knew Mr. Bill but I did know his brother Mr. John and his wife. I'm fairly certain that some of the characters in the stories were my relatives. If'n ya dont no who I'm a-talkin bout then you-uns aint from thar.

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from ishawooa wrote 2 years 48 weeks ago

Chad as per the previous post I am originally from Mississippi but have lived in Wyoming for 28 years. To this very day whenever I encounter a new face and say "hello" invariably they will reply "Are you from Oklahoma?". My farrier is an Okie.

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from The Armchair Ou... wrote 2 years 48 weeks ago

As I said in response to another post, we rednecks are everywhere. It's not your state that matters, it's your state of mind!

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from Jacee wrote 2 years 48 weeks ago

This sounds like a step up from the usual sheep love 'round the Rockies. I have yet to see a drunk cow (elk), but then again some guys will do anything for an shot...

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