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Broken antlers
« on: February 13, 2011, 06:47:23 AM »
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.
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Re: Broken antlers
« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2011, 07:49:43 AM »
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.

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Re: Broken antlers
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2011, 08:35:14 AM »
That is a good find. I too have found antlers with broken tines, but never the broken off tine...cool

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Re: Broken antlers
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2011, 01:12:08 PM »
ive found a couple broken sheds. But never just the tines.
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Re: Broken antlers
« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2011, 03:51:18 PM »
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.

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Re: Broken antlers
« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2011, 04:23:02 PM »
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.

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Re: Broken antlers
« Reply #6 on: February 13, 2011, 04:47:18 PM »
broken....NOT shed

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Re: Broken antlers
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Re: Broken antlers
« Reply #8 on: February 13, 2011, 04:55:27 PM »
Looking at him he might have been busted up even more
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Re: Broken antlers
« Reply #9 on: February 13, 2011, 07:46:53 PM »
 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.

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Re: Broken antlers
« Reply #10 on: February 13, 2011, 08:07:19 PM »
thats gotta hurt!
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Re: Broken antlers
« Reply #11 on: February 13, 2011, 08:22:27 PM »
Ive only picked up a piece of a broken antler once. It looked like the back fork off of a mule deer. Rare find!

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Re: Broken antlers
« Reply #12 on: February 16, 2011, 10:03:02 AM »
Broken Moose paddle, about half of it is missing. Got the match to it and its pretty big.

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Re: Broken antlers
« Reply #13 on: February 16, 2011, 12:49:27 PM »
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!
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Re: Broken antlers
« Reply #14 on: February 16, 2011, 12:54:37 PM »
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.
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