"This time of year he tends to get a little frustrated. He's anxious to shed his antlers and he's alone. And unfortunately most recently somebody didn't heed his warning and he did do some damage to an automobile," said Downes, who believes Bruiser is in his annual rut. "We've seen him be detrimental to yard art, tarps, trees, shrubs, bicycles, a little bit of everything. He was tranquilized in 2017 to free him from a buoy and 30 feet of mooring line. RELATED | Whidbey Island elk gets tangled. KOMO News checked in on him just before the pandemic in 2019 when he was seen tangled in a tarp. Wildlife officials believe he swam over from Skagit County with his herd and never went back. The wayward elk has been living on Whidbey Island for more than 10 years. "He's the only elk on Whidbey Island," said Washington State Fish and Wildlife official Ralph Downes. "Bruiser," the Whidbey Island elk has been taking his anger out on what he can find recently, including a car. People on Whidbey Island are being warned to stay away from one of the island's most popular residents because he's grumpy right now.
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