COMPLETE STORY: Sheds, Live Pics, Dead Pics

[fishunt247]

If you stumbled through the shed section about two or three weeks ago, you may have seen my post about titled "Huge Front Fork" of a shed I found with...a huge front fork. Well, turns out the deer was shot this year. Looking at the maps, its not hard to figure out the deer's probable migration route. And its pretty cool to get together and make the complete story like this. I just with I would have found the other side so I could have given him both antlers. Here are all the pics. Jason will post the live and dead pics he has.

[fishunt247]

Two more views

[509er]

cool

[fishunt247]

The buck grew something like 9 inches on his left side from last year to this year.

[huntnphool]

They certainly are similar but the same

[M_ray]

They certainly are similar but the same

I was thinking the same thing I'm not entirely sold it's the same deer but the same genes??? 

They are both very nice BTW. 

[Skyvalhunter]

Nice looking deer!! But the wife beater t-shirt?

[bowhuntin]

They certainly are similar but the same

I was thinking the same thing I'm not entirely sold it's the same deer but the same genes??? 

They are both very nice BTW. 

What makes you think that isn't the shed from the year before. Looks like it is a match to me. 

Nice shed btw.

[elkaholic]

ace is the place... looks great!

[huntnphool]

What makes you think that isn't the shed from the year before

All though they are similar, as are most mule deer, there are a few distinguishable differences in the two that I can see, but like I said it was just my  

[smitty]

This deer is my biggest buck ever.  It was shot in the upper Kittitas County at 419yds at noon on the opening day of the 2008 general firearm season.  I had spotted this buck during bear season and kept tabbs on him 2-3 times per week until opening day.  He scores 177 1/4 and is 26" inches wide.  After joining this site I came across a shed found by josh that looked to be really familiar.  He came over today and we both agreed that it was the same deer.  They both have the same small points coming off of the base of the antlers and a "S" shape to the G2.  And being the great guy Josh is he decided to give me the shed antler!  In exchange for the antler I agreed to take him to my bear spot this coming season.  Thanks again Josh.  The first couple of pics or in the field and the last is through my spotting scope at about a mile.  

[270Shooter]

Nice buck. And cool story

[fishunt247]

Yep, I think the "S" being identical on the back fork and the two little points at the base being in the same spot is a pretty good give away. Its really hard to tell from the pictures, I know. I wasn't convinced until we matched them up live today. The G4 bends in the same spot at the same angle too. The deer was shot at the upper end of the drainage, and the shed was found at pretty much the lowest spot of that drainage. Its the same deer.

[huntnphool]

I think the "S" being identical on the back fork

That is one of the differences I was going to point out. The shed looks to be stait compared to the mount g2, maybe its the angle of the camera?

 The other, that I thought was a dead give away was the little devil points on the base of the shed, it doesnt appear that they are there on the mount and those rae the type of points that dont go away. Are they being hidden by the hair on the mount?

[fishunt247]

Its the camera angle. The S is the same in both. And yes, those little devil points are there, in the same spot on the burr as on the shed. On the shed they are like 3/4" and 1/2" maybe, while on the mount they are both around 1/2"
They are just hidden by the hair, like you said