Broken antlers

[woodman]

Was shed hunting yesterday and found this elk tine. I am guessing that it is left over from a couple of bulls sparing. I find a few antlers each year and sometimes there are tines broken off. Last year my largest was a 7 point bull with a large tine broken off. Is this common for other hunters to find.

[boneaddict]

Not sure if its common or not, but I have found about a dozen broken off tines throughout the years.  Found a chunk of mainbeam once.  Like when you snap a tree limb and the center piece punches out.   That has to take some serious force.

[Shed Stud]

That is a good find. I too have found antlers with broken tines, but never the broken off tine...cool

[huntandjeep]

ive found a couple broken sheds. But never just the tines.

[shedcrazy]

I always find bucks that have broken tines, or main beams. It kind of sucks, because they lost alot of inches. Found a piece of a tine one time tough.

[woodman]

Not sure if its common or not, but I have found about a dozen broken off tines throughout the years.  Found a chunk of mainbeam once.  Like when you snap a tree limb and the center piece punches out.   That has to take some serious force.

I am thinking that this one took a pretty good jolt to break off.

[boneaddict]

broken....NOT shed

[boneaddict]

[boneaddict]

Looking at him he might have been busted up even more
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[daydreamn]

 My wife picked up a good sized moose antler once that was broke off about two inches above the pedical.  It was also cracked about half way up the palm out to the back end.

[grundy53]

thats gotta hurt!

[HornHoarder]

Ive only picked up a piece of a broken antler once. It looked like the back fork off of a mule deer. Rare find!

[Devinshoe]

Broken Moose paddle, about half of it is missing. Got the match to it and its pretty big.

[NWWAHunter]

Broken Moose paddle, about half of it is missing. Got the match to it and its pretty big.

One of my buddys found that end of a broken paddle last year while bow hunting. Who knows it might be off of the same horn!

[Woodchuck]

I watched an elk get his antler torn right out of his skull, was pretty cool. One of my boys picked up 3 broken elk tine up in about a 50yd radius clearing. No pic's of his tines.