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Dead Head
« on: November 05, 2013, 09:34:50 AM »
I was dropping down a dark timbered ridge while spike elk hunting and jumped a branched antler bull. I followed his trail, and as I came through the branches of a small sapling I discovered this near the bottom of a gulley.

It was the first time I've ever found a full skull, so thought I'd share.

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Re: Dead Head
« Reply #1 on: November 05, 2013, 09:38:51 AM »
Cool find :tup:
Rather be dead than cool.
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Re: Dead Head
« Reply #2 on: November 05, 2013, 09:43:45 AM »
Dang timber tigers sure do a number on antlers in a hurry. Nice find!

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Re: Dead Head
« Reply #3 on: November 05, 2013, 09:46:11 AM »
I have found plenty of deer heads but never an elk. that's a trophy. congrats.

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Re: Dead Head
« Reply #4 on: November 05, 2013, 09:57:47 AM »
When I found it I was quite startled. Following a running bull's trail, hitting some denser cover, looking to cross a gulley, pull back a sapling branch, and BAM!!! Horns! Yowza, it definitely got my attention real quick-like.  :chuckle:

I marked the location with my GPS. I might try to get back in there in the spring to show my 13 year old son. Not sure it'll still be there given the gnawing that's already been going on....

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Re: Dead Head
« Reply #5 on: November 05, 2013, 05:58:36 PM »
Very nice find!!! Here's a nice 3 point buck i found surrounded by it's bones last year when i was deer hunting. Its G-2's were covered by pine needles at first i thought it was just a forked horn but turned out to be a pretty sweet buck.

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Re: Dead Head
« Reply #6 on: November 05, 2013, 06:18:02 PM »
Nice!
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Re: Dead Head
« Reply #7 on: November 05, 2013, 06:31:56 PM »
Agreed.
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Re: Dead Head
« Reply #8 on: December 27, 2013, 11:01:24 PM »
funny , my buddy has a picture of that same dead head he came across while hunting a while back.

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Re: Dead Head
« Reply #9 on: December 27, 2013, 11:10:45 PM »
You guys really dont take them? I find that very, very hard to believe  :chuckle: thats why I only shed hunt in "idaho"

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Re: Dead Head
« Reply #10 on: December 27, 2013, 11:26:02 PM »
Reminds me of a 5x6 I found in colorado...it had less rodent damage but more UV deterioration.

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Re: Dead Head
« Reply #11 on: December 28, 2013, 02:19:16 PM »
 
You guys really dont take them? I find that very, very hard to believe  :chuckle: thats why I only shed hunt in "idaho"
:yeah: :yeah:

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Re: Dead Head
« Reply #12 on: December 28, 2013, 05:43:53 PM »
You guys really dont take them? I find that very, very hard to believe  :chuckle: thats why I only shed hunt in "idaho"
:yeah: :yeah:
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Re: Dead Head
« Reply #13 on: December 28, 2013, 05:56:55 PM »
Here comes the cops  :chuckle:

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Re: Dead Head
« Reply #14 on: December 28, 2013, 06:11:51 PM »
Heres A deadhead from idaho I found a few weeks ago, pretty chewed up as well

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Re: Dead Head
« Reply #15 on: December 28, 2013, 06:20:26 PM »
Nice Idaho bull  :chuckle:
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Re: Dead Head
« Reply #16 on: December 28, 2013, 06:24:00 PM »
I was so excited to see this thread topic.  But, I was thinking is was going to a be a thread about the greatest two blade broadhead of all time :chuckle:
He asked, Do you ever give a short simple answer?  I replied, "Nope."

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Re: Dead Head
« Reply #17 on: December 28, 2013, 06:29:51 PM »
My best Idaho dead head was from three years ago..a perfect 5x5 bull..may 1st was a good day for me that year.

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Re: Dead Head
« Reply #18 on: December 30, 2013, 05:48:18 PM »
You guys really dont take them? I find that very, very hard to believe  :chuckle: thats why I only shed hunt in "idaho"

if everyone did you would have never seen a pic of this one. it was found a few years ago and left where it lay

 


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