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Author Topic: Shed antler season 2011: On the Board!  (Read 23776 times)

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Offline jkcmj

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I hadn't been out for awhile, but decided to check a local city park Friday afternoon.  The DNR had been in burning off cedar trees on the hillside.  I ended up finding two small ones that sat out a year. Nothing fresh.

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i needa get out and do some shed hunting will do alot when im scouting for turkeys

Offline jkcmj

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I decided to hit a spot yesterday afternoon and found 4 sheds in 2 hours walking.  They sure stand out now with the snow mostly off!  ;D




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What makes a BoneCollector?
They are the hunters that have the passion to go to the ends of the earth, in pursuit of the basic hunter instincy that was instilled in us at birth and is so often taken away in society.

Offline lentz

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sucks that you lost that quality deer  :cry:
« Last Edit: March 03/29/11, 09:49:21 PM by lentz »

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Niether of us lost it luckly. But I sure woulda liked a chance at it.
What makes a BoneCollector?
They are the hunters that have the passion to go to the ends of the earth, in pursuit of the basic hunter instincy that was instilled in us at birth and is so often taken away in society.

Offline lentz

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Niether of us lost it luckly. But I sure woulda liked a chance at it.

i meant like lost it as it died not wounded by you
or do u mean lost it as in you were walking park land

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Offline jkcmj

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I had another awesome day of shed hunting today! :rocker; Ended up with 5 antlers between 3:30 and 6pm tonight. All single sides. Two real nice ones. One was sitting in a deer bed on a main trail in a small city park that usually is walked heavily every spring. I could see it from 50 yards away while walking out the top of the hill so don't know how it was missed. Missed getting a photo of one of them.  Makes 21 for the season so far.





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I found my biggest shed buck skull yet on Monday, and took it over to show a friend.  He in turn comes out with this huge skull that drawfs the one I found by quite a bit.  I took a couple of photos so you could see just how big this thing was.


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We didn't find any sheds but we did find a dead buck.  I'll post pics later.
Make your first shot count, it might be the only one you get.

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« Last Edit: March 03/31/11, 08:51:37 PM by bonecollecter82 »
What makes a BoneCollector?
They are the hunters that have the passion to go to the ends of the earth, in pursuit of the basic hunter instincy that was instilled in us at birth and is so often taken away in society.

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Offline bonecollecter82

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What makes a BoneCollector?
They are the hunters that have the passion to go to the ends of the earth, in pursuit of the basic hunter instincy that was instilled in us at birth and is so often taken away in society.

Offline jkcmj

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You can always tell when you've been shed poached by the little salamanders :whistling: They leave them tiny little toe marks everywhere they go...

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Offline bonecollecter82

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What makes a BoneCollector?
They are the hunters that have the passion to go to the ends of the earth, in pursuit of the basic hunter instincy that was instilled in us at birth and is so often taken away in society.

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Couple more for the daughter today
What makes a BoneCollector?
They are the hunters that have the passion to go to the ends of the earth, in pursuit of the basic hunter instincy that was instilled in us at birth and is so often taken away in society.

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Why would I or anyone else do that??

See...now I was leaning toward the "set on it", like a mother hen warming her chicks!  Poor bugger must have been getting cold feet....

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I got out for a couple of hours this evening, but only came up with one small one. #22 for the season.

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Went out yesterday behind my house - saw 3 deer, lots of tracks and droppings, but no antlers.... You would think these deer would be piled up in there, but Im not sure where they went for the winter.  If I can find that out, I can find the sheds   :doah:

I will be looking on our hunting property when I am scouting for turkeys in a few weeks.   :happy1:

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here is a 8 point we found shed hunting yesterday afternoon

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thats a nice one to bad it didant cross paths with you first

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thats a nice one to bad it didant cross paths with you first
i was thinking the same thing lol
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Made it out to my place this weekend and found a few sheds....





Looks like a few made it thru the winter...

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Found a big 6 laying dead over the weekend. I will try to get pix's attached this afternoon.


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do you know how it died?
looks like car or a poacher shot it

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No positive on how this one died. He was well off the road so I wouldn't think a poacher shot him. The teeth were pretty worn down so it was an older deer, but the body didn't look emaciated at all.
My only guess is that it was gut shot and died. The coyotes had taken a few bites out of the hind end and stomach, but left the rest. That's why I thought he must have been buried in snow between the pine trees he was in.
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