Some sheds from this year.

Yukon Mike

Yukon Mike

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I have been walking the same area every two days since the beginning of Feb in hopes of figuring out the lifestyles of some bucks near town here. If I ever win a tag I'll have some places to look but by no means have I got these guys dialed in even after 2 months of intense recon.

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I had trail cam pictures of most of these bucks, but there is one big guy that I haven't found anything off yet. Someone else might have picked him up so I'm going to ask around.

Some weirdness on this one.


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What causes this?

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I tag each one with the date and location because I can never remember. These are the first horns I've ever found in a bed and it was total fluke. I had taken the dogs to sniff out a hillside about a mile through the bush from where I parked. It was getting pretty dark and we were booking it to get back when Jenny grabbed one horn just off the side of the trail after I'd walked by. She's deadly on fresh drops sitting on snow. As we were having a treat and celebrating she nabbed the other side from under some pines not 10 feet away. I would have never found it without her.

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Of the 15 deer drops I found, I think Jenny picked up 7 or 8 of them. In the past I've waited until more snow was gone for easier walking, but this year I was focused on determining what day they dropped so I was using snowshoes and the dogs were running on the deer trails. What I observed was that a horn on the snow is a nose magnet, but even a fresh drop on dry dirt was invisible. To me they just smell like bark, dirt, and nature, so maybe the dogs don't get much scent off them? Conclusion: I'm going out early again next year, and for the rest of this spring I'll cut her some slack if she runs right past a brown drop.

The elk just started dropping late last week, and with the snow conditions deteriorating rapidly I might not be able to get near the hills I'd like to walk in another few days. On Friday I picked up these three though, two are a set, and I found a leg bone off a bull at the edge of a ravine that will need to be investigated further. It sure is great to be able to get out hiking in the warmer weather. I actually walked enough to get a blister one day. I haven't had a blister in many years so I'm quite excited about it. Its a very good sign that my parts are getting stronger.

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You guys got any to show off?

Mike
 
last year was my best year ever..a huge 9 pt matched set (whitetails in my neck of the woods), followed by a series of good sized to flat out big 4 and 5 pt sides, a handful of little ones and to top it off a Non-typical 8 pt side. This year...NOT ONE!!! My brother and his friend are just shy of 60 combined!!
 
We need a picture Bill! Nice decoys BTW, you and I have very similar styles I'd say.

Tony, its an old writing desk my wife's dad refinished. It does have nice grain doesn't it?
 
We need a picture Bill! Nice decoys BTW, you and I have very similar styles I'd say.

Tony, its an old writing desk my wife's dad refinished. It does have nice grain doesn't it?
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ITs beautiful, My computer sits on a old library table(desk).
 
That a lot of horn.... I have been hunting for a long time and have never found one. My wife found one on the beach a while back that was petrified and had to be from some ancient deer.
 
Mike, I've always admired your decoys, I think we both appreciate the same characteristics in a gunning bird.
Here is a decent 5 pt

the crazy 8 as it layed


year old 9 pt

here he is the year after I found him

another big 5


and this year...nothing...maybe I'm paying for finding all those in the same spring!
 
Nice Bill! That 8pt is definitely an interesting freak. I've never seen anything like that in any collection. Very cool.

I'm headed out this morning on a truck, skidoo, hike adventure to look for elk sheds that will probably be my last big go at it for the season. I know there's one horn for sure on the hill, I just don't know how much ground I can cover before the body calls it off.

That old horn pair you found was interesting. They sure deteriorate fast eh?

Mike
 
those were in a streambed, under wet leaves. Most of the year olds I find are just white but not deteriorated like that. I suppose it could have been there a couple years but seems unlikely.

good luck today.
 
I did find one decent 6 point elk shed, a white one , but it wasn't the one I was hoping to find to match up the other one I've got. Found and old weathered moose antler too, but i left it in the bush. Great hike though, I'm beat.
 
Mike,

Interesting finds.


I have never done much shed hunting, it has become more and more popular around here. I did find a moose shed when I lived in Minnesota. I have it out in the garage, it usually gets noticed here in Ohio. I have a friend who found a couple of Sambar deer sheds when we were hunting on St. Vincent's Island in Florida.

Tom
 
If that toilet had been in the woods in Florida someone would have stood it upright and used it....frequently.....if it didn't get shot up the first season it was in place it would have a trailer house parked next to it by the following season.....you just don't see perfectly good toilets wasted in Florida...nope..you don't...


Steve
 
If that toilet had been in the woods in Florida someone would have stood it upright and used it....frequently.....if it didn't get shot up the first season it was in place it would have a trailer house parked next to it by the following season.....you just don't see perfectly good toilets wasted in Florida...nope..you don't...

Steve
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Bwaaaahh ha ha ha
 
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