Went for some stumps shooting this morning,our deer season closed on Dec 31st,not much to do around here but to stump shoot and keeping an eye for sheds.While crossing a deer trail,I saw some blood into the trail,I back tracked for about 20 yards and found this set almost on top of each other :) ,they probably were only a few minutes old because it was snowing when I left home and there was barely any snow on them,
got lucky :D
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Wow!!!! Amazing!
That will be an awesome buck next year ;)
F-Manny
Thats awesome Longhorn! :thumbsup:
Hey appox. How much does it cost for a Michigander to cross the bridge for moose or caribou? Any idea where I can find the info? Thanks
Theyre perty.That riser is too.Is it a Martini?
PM sent hardwaymike.
Yes Manny this will be a good one next fall!! Still a couple huge sets of tracks in there too!!
Izzy,this is my favorite bow,a Belcher longhorn,the riser is Nicaraguan cocobolo.
Serge
Too cool. In almost 30 years of hunting, I've found exactly 1 matched set.
BONUS!!! Nice set of sheds!!!
Otto,this is my fourth matched set,the first three went to Frank and Shell,probably this one too :D .I stump shoot near a deer yard,lots of trails and the odds of finding sheds are good.
Serge
Cool!
On top of the location, you have a sharp eye for sheds ;)
Too cool! :wavey:
Nice sheds :thumbsup:
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Originally posted by Frenchymanny:
On top of the location, you have a sharp eye for sheds ;)
Too cool! :knothead: :bigsmyl:
Way to go! The ones I find always have a skull attached to them. Find dead bucks whilie running my trap lines a lot. Always around the creeks.
GLENN
Longhorn,
"While crossing a deer trail,I saw some blood into the trail......"
Are you saying the blood was from the antler bases? I did not know that.
Nice find by the way.
nice find!
David, It happened to me 2 or 3 times while looking for sheds, to back track when finding blood in deer trails,and you can get lucky at times.
I don't know for sure if they all bleed when they shed (maybe someone here knows better)but I know it occur often.I don't think they bleed for long though.
Serge
As I understand it, it's about like loosing a baby tooth. The antler gets detatched because the new one is trying to grow in underneath. It get loose and just like a tooth, when it comes out there's usually a little blood. I think when a deer nocks them off a tad early as opposed to them just falling off on their own there is more chance for blood.
Sweet find!I've only found one shed in 18 years of hunting and that was a Moose shed in Maine.I'm sure you find those all the time up in Canuckland. :thumbsup:
It has to do with photo period (amount of daylight) it triggers a drastic reduction in testosterone, when the testosterone gets to a certain point a layer of cells begins to reabsorb calcium, when that layer of bone fully breaks down the wieght of the antler will cause it to fall off. There can be blood and the pedical will take 6-10 hrs to scab over. Stress can also make them shed early. Friends in RI told me of many bucks killed in early Dec already dropped. Stress due to a very bad year for mast crops, most likely. They are dropping here in southern MI. I've seen them with both anlers as late a 3rd week of april. Hope this helps. ron
pretty awesome find :thumbsup:
anytime you find a set it's special!!!!! congrats. ron
Thanks Ron for the info,very interesting :notworthy: .
VTMTNMAM,I'm fortunate to live close to a couple deer yards,the winter around here can be tough on deer population,most of them leaves their usual ground and gather in low thick cedar swamps for the winter and will leave to go back in April,in a matter of only one single day,they are all gone out of the swamps,truly amazing!!
Serge