3 years 2 dif gmu's same buck 30 miles apart.

[antlerking]

I found the big set this year along with the  white one. I found the middle shed last year in the entiat gmu and the other two the swakane gmu, same buck without a doubt 30 miles apart. Crazy how the bucks pick a dif ridge to winter on year to year. He went from a 62" antler to a awsome 77" antler in 3 years. Cant wait to find him next year if I can!

[huntnphool]

Nice find, similar to the ones we were discussing a couple weeks ago.

[antlerking]

Yep I havnt heard from that guy if he was interested in those sheds. I will give him the set if it the same buck.

[Dan-o]

I'm not doubting you or picking an internet fight - I'm a total newbie when it comes to sheds (and you clearly are not) so take this a as question, not an insinuation.

What makes you so sure they are from the same buck?    I just figure with all of the deer out there, some would be genetically very similar....  Kind of like some brothers are hard to tell apart.     

Just curious.

thanks,

Great finds, by the way.

[buglebuster]

 

[Skyvalhunter]

 Yea that would be cool if you found his sheds agin next year

[bobcat]

I'm not doubting you or picking an internet fight - I'm a total newbie when it comes to sheds (and you clearly are not) so take this a as question, not an insinuation.

What makes you so sure they are from the same buck?    I just figure with all of the deer out there, some would be genetically very similar....  Kind of like some brothers are hard to tell apart.     

Just curious.

thanks,

Great finds, by the way.

    I have the same question.   

[Devinshoe]

Sweet Sheds antlerking!!!

[pendoreilleadventures]

If you have shed hunted for a long time you can tell if a buck is the same one year to year in most cases. Every deer has small differences. The bases tell me a lot about the deer. The button are almost always the same just bigger. The shape and curve or the antler stay the small each year as well they may add a point or add mass but the over all curve of the main beam stay very close to same. All those thing factor into knowing if its the same buck or not same goes for elk and moose. That just my 

[golfguy0912]

they look like they have similar characteristics, could be the same buck. sweet finds.

[Whitetail freak]

I have got the other side to the white one...

[MLBowhunting]

very cool

[boneaddict]

I'm not doubting you or picking an internet fight - I'm a total newbie when it comes to sheds (and you clearly are not) so take this a as question, not an insinuation.

What makes you so sure they are from the same buck?    I just figure with all of the deer out there, some would be genetically very similar....  Kind of like some brothers are hard to tell apart.     

Just curious.

thanks,

Great finds, by the way.

Its not like DNA testing or anything like that, but generally speaking you can have a pretty darn good educated guess by comparing antler characteristics and or buck characteristics.  It is just that though, an educated guess, just like me comparing bucks in photos.  Sometimes I have a little more to work with.   You gather enough bone though and you can have a pretty good guess.   What will be really cool is when in 20 years he pulls a set that looks just like it in the same spot.

[packmule]

Telemetry studies show that mule deer are remarkably consistent in their travel patterns, particulary from summer to winter ranges.  If you haven't seen these data they're really interesting.  Tagged bucks travel up and down the exact same trails to the exact same winter range, very neat information.

However, fires, new home construction, predators, etc. can obviously affect these patterns. 

Bone, you have a lot of experience seeing these bucks every fall.  In your experience in Washington, how common is it to see the same buck (based on your best guess) in completely different country from one year to the next?

This post isn't meant to disagree that the sheds from the OP aren't from the same deer.  Just curious if the studies I've seen hold true in WA?

[boneaddict]

I generally see them within feet of where they have been seen in previous years and tend to believe they migrate to the same tree, basin, etc.  I have been absolutely amazed to that actually.   

I like the similiarity of the sheds though, and would have guessed they were from the same buck if I had found them in the same proximity.   

I am guessing wolves or something has pushed that buck elsewhere if I had to fathom a guess.