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Author Topic: 2023 sheds….let’s see em.  (Read 86995 times)

Offline TeacherMan

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Re: 2023 sheds….let’s see em.
« Reply #30 on: January 15, 2023, 06:54:06 PM »
Took a friend out we found 3 more again today with our pups in couple hrs. All three were smaller 4 pts. One set one single. 
If you shoot the first one you will never get that true trophy.

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Re: 2023 sheds….let’s see em.
« Reply #31 on: January 15, 2023, 08:24:03 PM »
Anyone ever found a spike shed? Deer or elk doesn't matter. I've never come across one

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Re: 2023 sheds….let’s see em.
« Reply #32 on: January 15, 2023, 08:31:41 PM »
I've found several spike elk sheds, one spike blacktail shed, and a spike mule deer shed.  The spike blacktail shed was in the road in a walk in area, only about a 3" shed, fits in the palm of the hand.  Lucky find! Spike sheds are a good judge of how sheddy your eyes are!

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Re: 2023 sheds….let’s see em.
« Reply #33 on: January 15, 2023, 08:58:09 PM »
I found a bleached out muley spike a few years ago. My buddy found a spike elk. Both in the fall while out hunting.
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Re: 2023 sheds….let’s see em.
« Reply #34 on: January 15, 2023, 09:42:56 PM »
Found a set once
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Re: 2023 sheds….let’s see em.
« Reply #35 on: January 15, 2023, 09:49:46 PM »
I have a spike from up by Newport I found one year when I was about 17. It's two inches long and about an inch across. I was climbing a ridge that was pretty steep but I figured I would get a good view from a granite rock the size of a van I could see up above me. I was climbing and found a hillside trail bench with a nice rock to sit on and put my head down between my legs for a second and there it was! Lol! The area was known for heavy antlered bucks. It's a neat little button point.

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Re: 2023 sheds….let’s see em.
« Reply #36 on: January 16, 2023, 09:22:26 AM »
That seems to be all I can find.

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Re: 2023 sheds….let’s see em.
« Reply #37 on: January 16, 2023, 09:55:35 AM »
A little older but in good shape

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Re: 2023 sheds….let’s see em.
« Reply #38 on: January 16, 2023, 11:32:26 AM »
Sure, need spikes for some project?

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Re: 2023 sheds….let’s see em.
« Reply #39 on: January 16, 2023, 02:39:13 PM »
Fossil, nearly

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Re: 2023 sheds….let’s see em.
« Reply #40 on: January 16, 2023, 05:25:31 PM »
The year of the average 4 pt in north Idaho, another one in the books… Wouldn’t find half my sheds without my aussie.
If you shoot the first one you will never get that true trophy.

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Re: 2023 sheds….let’s see em.
« Reply #41 on: January 22, 2023, 08:00:28 PM »
Another old one. Have seen a few shed out bucks so the freshies gotta be out there!

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Re: 2023 sheds….let’s see em.
« Reply #42 on: January 22, 2023, 08:41:28 PM »
Hit steep and very deep country today…
If you shoot the first one you will never get that true trophy.

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Re: 2023 sheds….let’s see em.
« Reply #43 on: January 23, 2023, 06:25:45 AM »
Is that a cross between mule and whitetail ?
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Re: 2023 sheds….let’s see em.
« Reply #44 on: January 23, 2023, 08:35:27 AM »
That's a very cool shed TeacherMan! I'm envious of your snow-free ground, I'm can't even get in to my areas yet. Keep posting your finds, I'm living vicariously through you  :chuckle:
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