WT Shed Excursion

[Timber]

I headed east this weekend to find some sheds. The first thing I did was check a camera I setup in the area at the end of December, to see if there were any big bucks hanging around in January during the shedding season. I was happy to see pictures of these nice bucks among a few others. The second buck I have chased around for the last 2 years with my bow and also have not been able to find last years sheds.




I didn't find sheds from either of these two bucks but found nine other sheds.




Two of the horns are a matched set. They each have over 20 inches of mass, with the largest mass measurement being over 6 inches. I was amazed to find these horns, because I have only seen this buck once and that was in 2004.

[Ridgerunner]

Looks like a successful trip over there for sure.

[archery288]

nice work!!! some of those sheds are good bucks for sure!!! 

[klickriverchromer]

looks like you need to be searching alittle harder to find those beauties before the rat b@st@rds that chew'em up. nice finds though, i'd like to have a whitey area.  I'll have to settle for elk.

[Wea300mag]

Great pics Timber, between the bear, sheds, and trail cam pics that was a great trip.

[boneaddict]

I'm glad your gas money was better spent then my last couple trips.  I went Wednesday beofre our family outing on Thursday and there was a foot of fresh snow.  Made me ill. 9 hours of driving for NOTHING!   Nice bones.

[Timber]

I know what you mean boneaddict. I feel your pain. When I woke up Saturday morning there was a couple of inches of snow on the ground and it was still snowing hard - I had a sick feeling in my stomach. It warmed up pretty fast though and by noon the new snow had melted.
I was surprised that some of the fresh sheds I found had already been chewed on pretty good. What chews on them - Squirrels?

[searchnfor]

Is there very many porcupines over there ? Super finds with the sheds. Did you find any turkeys to photograph?

[Coasthunterjay]

That buck is a bruiser. I would be proud to get that guy in my sites!

[Timber]

Is there very many porcupines over there ? Super finds with the sheds. Did you find any turkeys to photograph?

There's probably a few porcupines over there, but I've never seen one.
As for turkeys, I only saw a few. Hopefully more will show up in the next few weeks.

[boneaddict]

Mostly squirrels and chipmunks.  Porcs do a number on them too, but not very many porcs anymore.  The NE corner has tremendous "predation" on antlers by those little rodents.  Some get nailed when they hit the ground.

Nice Turkeys.

[PacificNWhunter]

Looks like you had a great trip, that's a nice picture of the turkeys!

[Timber]

Here are the results from another shed excursion. I found 7 whitetail sheds on Saturday and 1 mule deer shed on Sunday.


Here is a matched 140 set found 35yds apart.


I almost missed this one because I was distracted by all of the rubs.


The mule deer shed I found is a match to the one a friend of mine found on Saturday. With a 23 inch spread credit he scores 175.


After looking at some video footage and comparing sticker points, we are pretty sure the horns are from this deer.

[zackmioli]

wish i could see some animals like that!

[bullchaser]

I believe I have had an in counter with that thick whiteail  . If you have time send me a PM and I will tell you where and see it they match.   -Matt