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Offline Elkkiller23

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Dropping Early
« on: December 25, 2013, 07:03:50 PM »
I've found a pair of fresh forked horn sheds in klickitat while I was up there messing around! Has anyone else found any early sheds, don't know why they are dropping them sooo early!!! :dunno:

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Re: Dropping Early
« Reply #1 on: December 25, 2013, 11:18:53 PM »
It seems like this gets posted every year.  We have been finding sheds in late December since 1998 when I first started shed hunting.  Nothing new to our group in NE Washington.  Just a bit harder with the 3 feet of snow. 

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Re: Dropping Early
« Reply #2 on: December 25, 2013, 11:37:51 PM »
yep happens every year, around this time.
hey anybody got a towel, i just hit a waterbuffalo

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Re: Dropping Early
« Reply #3 on: December 26, 2013, 06:21:33 AM »
Good find! I usually see a blacktail or two loose their horns before January.

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Re: Dropping Early
« Reply #4 on: December 26, 2013, 07:18:15 AM »
I got a nice five christmas eve, he only had the one side he ran and jumped the fence and lost it when he hit the ground was kinda cool I have never seen one loose there horn in person not sure I ever will agin.

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Re: Dropping Early
« Reply #5 on: December 26, 2013, 12:19:11 PM »
Pics? :dunno:

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Re: Dropping Early
« Reply #6 on: December 27, 2013, 12:19:39 AM »
I'll post the pics tommorow evening! I know they drop them early but both sides, just seems a little tooo early.

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Re: Dropping Early
« Reply #7 on: December 31, 2013, 08:12:24 PM »
First set of the year... December 31st

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Re: Dropping Early
« Reply #8 on: December 31, 2013, 10:30:41 PM »
Found this match set while deer hunting last season....not big but a nice set
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Re: Dropping Early
« Reply #9 on: December 31, 2013, 10:42:59 PM »
A buddy of mine found a fresh matched set of blacktail antlers last week.  He did some rough measurements on them and figured they'd score around 103".  I'd never heard of bucks dropped their antlers this early.

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Re: Dropping Early
« Reply #10 on: January 01, 2014, 06:18:23 PM »
Those are nice ones! Congrats!

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Re: Dropping Early
« Reply #11 on: January 01, 2014, 06:27:11 PM »
Spike in my back yard today still had both of his

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Re: Dropping Early
« Reply #12 on: January 01, 2014, 10:48:58 PM »
Here's the little 3 point side I found in west Klickitat while I was on a little hike with my new shed dog. Sorry I didn't get any field pics I wasn't really expecting to find anything so I left my phone in my truck.

 


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