Sheds?

Fletcher · February 13, 2009, 10:11:00 AM

Went walkabout yesterday afternoon. Pulled a stand, scouted, shot some stumps and found this.

Looked around, but didn't find the other half.

Garrett, your reservations arrived and you two are logged in.

Hawkeye · February 14, 2009, 11:47:00 PM

Wish I had had a camera today.

I found a NICE set of antlers about 15 yards from the ladder stand I'd just loosened from the tree. It was big, heavy, and wide 9 point rack that I'd guess would have been somewhere around 140" class. If I held them with the same space between the bases as my mounted buck, the outside measurement was 21".

The fun part of this find is that the antlers were actually touching.. one lying on top of the other!!

I've looked long and hard for "the other side" of a rack for years, but have never found more than one antler from a buck until now.

Wish I'd seen him while sitting in that stand with my bow, but it was a thill to see that mass of "horn" sticking up from a distance! They're dropping them, all right!!!

Daryl

Shinken · February 15, 2009, 12:26:00 AM

That is a nice shed Fletcher!

Would be exciting to find the match!

Shoot straight, Shinken

bowmaker07 · February 15, 2009, 09:22:00 AM

Horner,I know the obsessed feeling.

crossstickspro · February 15, 2009, 12:10:00 PM

Do Bucks usually shed both at the same time? I was always assumed that they dropped seperately.

LArry

adeeden · February 15, 2009, 12:28:00 PM

Larry, I have found them as close as touching each other and as far as 1/2 mile apart! With that being said I usually only find 1 or 2 matching sets a year! And the bigger ones seem to be close together. So I guess the answer is "depends"!

LITTLEBIGMAN · February 15, 2009, 01:35:00 PM

great day in the woods today, found two matching sets, these were the larger of the two, the right sides brow is 7 inches both sides have forked g2's

Stone Sheep · February 16, 2009, 03:45:00 PM

Here are two I found on Wednesday (2/11).

KentuckyTJ · February 16, 2009, 04:57:00 PM

My buddy found this guy's the other day. They were laying side by side.

Stone Sheep · February 16, 2009, 05:08:00 PM

Those 7x7 frames are hard to come by. Great deer!!

gregg dudley · February 16, 2009, 05:12:00 PM

WOW! Nice finds, guys!

3blades · February 16, 2009, 05:59:00 PM

No sheds yet for me but have seen lots of deer with them still on around here. Did find a nice skull 10 pointer though from a few years back I think.

Gun · February 16, 2009, 07:40:00 PM

Found these on Saturday in about 2 hours. The Lab pup found the biggest. Let him retrieve them all.

Mike Gerardi · February 17, 2009, 11:34:00 AM

Found these over the last weekend.

Fletcher · February 17, 2009, 01:34:00 PM

These are some GREAT finds! I need to get back out there.

Gun · February 21, 2009, 02:03:00 PM

before:

Gun · February 21, 2009, 02:05:00 PM

after;

this one will be pretty nice in a couple years
found yesterday

crossstickspro · February 21, 2009, 02:21:00 PM

Im jelous,
Any way a guy in west texas can get his hands on some like that.

Happy huntin guys
Larrymc

Mike Gerardi · February 21, 2009, 03:40:00 PM

This just measured at 62in. Better than we thought. Hope to see this guy next year.
My oldest son found this one last week. He was really excited.

Gun,
That first pic was really cool.

Boone the Hunter · February 21, 2009, 04:25:00 PM

some nice sheds there, I went down to my hunting property in Illinois a couple of weeks ago, because i'd heard reports of a lot of bucks in my area that had shed, walked into the bedding area were i hunt and jumped 6 big bucks all together ranging from 120'' all the way up to a 180 class 12 pointer, all the bucks had there headgear, amazing, i'll be going back there in a few weeks for sure.