Underwater Elk Shed

[Timber]

Found a shed yesterday in the bottom of a creek. It must have fallen off as he jumped across. Now every time I see a stick submerged in a creek I will be doing a double take.

[Skinner]

Did it stink?  JoeVon found one a couple years back and ended up throwing it away it stunk so bad!

[bowhunterforever]

Thats a weird place to find a shed. 

[JoeVon]

Man, I can smell that thing from here...Yuck. 

I really regret not having a camera to take pictures of a five point elk shed I found two years ago in the middle of a huge wallow.  When I walked up on it, all I could see were the top two tines sticking up out of the mud.  It was something I doubt I'll ever see again. 

Did you end up keeping that shed?

[BC CHASER]

I have 2 buddies who have found blacktail sheds in 3 ft. of water in lakes!

[Timber]

I did keep it and it does stink a little. I'll see if I can get the stink off of it somehow.

[BC CHASER]

Let it sit outside for the summer and it should stop stinking.

[jager]

That's really cool.

I found a moose shed in the Nushagak river in AK...didnt stink
My nephew found an elk shed in the Coeur d'Alene river that stunk!

Keep your eyes open!

[saylean]

cool find man...good eyes

[longear]

Pretty odd spot to find a shed. Good eye. Cool pic.

[LOVHUNTIN]

nice spot job

[skybusterbo]

 

[7mmfan]

A few years ago my uncle in Minnesota found an bull elk skull sticking out of the mud on the side of a river bank. He took it to a local geologist and the guy estimated it to be more than 300 years old. The sandy mud had preserved it really well. It was a beautiful bull, big 5x6.

[jeepasaurusrex]

There was an article in Bugle about a Elk skull and horns that were found in a bog, somewhere in KY or WV if I remember correctly. Said to be something like 500 years old. 

[Hornseeker]

When I worked in Oly Nat park I found 4 sheds in the rivers and many more on the river banks where they would certainly be washed further into the river at some point...gravel bars and such...

Cool!