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Re: helicopter horn hunting
« Reply #15 on: February 05, 2012, 08:55:15 PM »
The boy and girl scouts pay for their years worth of expences with the shed they get out of the Elk Refuse in Wyoming.. The Asian market will pay a pretty penny for antlers.. Some up to $100.00 per pound for big elk  :yike: in really good condition..

Between that and shrooms'  a person could make some good money  :tup:

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Re: helicopter horn hunting
« Reply #16 on: February 05, 2012, 09:24:56 PM »
Sounds like a good resource for covering lots of ground in a short period of time. I wonder how that would work in Alaska for moose sheds?

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Re: helicopter horn hunting
« Reply #17 on: February 05, 2012, 09:35:23 PM »
Are you sure he was shed hunting? Thats crazy. Shed antlers arent worth that much money. A local buyer I know of offers $8 lb for nice brown antler.


Not positive because i didnt watch that long but why else would  someone get a heli ride to the top of a mountian in deer wintering ground? it was crazy


« Last Edit: February 05, 2012, 09:48:27 PM by bobcat »

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Re: helicopter horn hunting
« Reply #18 on: February 05, 2012, 09:40:25 PM »
Are you sure he was shed hunting? Thats crazy. Shed antlers arent worth that much money. A local buyer I know of offers $8 lb for nice brown antler.


Not positive because i didnt watch that long but why else would  someone get a heli ride to the top of a mountian in deer wintering ground? it was crazy


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« Last Edit: February 05, 2012, 09:49:18 PM by bobcat »

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Re: helicopter horn hunting
« Reply #19 on: February 05, 2012, 09:45:34 PM »
Hard to see how it could be very cost effective. Helicopters are very expensive to run and even more so to rent. The cheap ones cost about $750 per hour to run, and the rental is at least double that. If I remember right, maintenance hours per hour of flight can be up to six hours. Definitely not the cheapest way to gather bone.
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Re: helicopter horn hunting
« Reply #20 on: February 05, 2012, 10:04:09 PM »
Are you sure he was shed hunting? Thats crazy. Shed antlers arent worth that much money. A local buyer I know of offers $8 lb for nice brown antler.


Not positive because i didnt watch that long but why else would  someone get a heli ride to the top of a mountian in deer wintering ground? it was crazy




So you actually have no idea what the person was doing.   Awesome thread...

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Re: helicopter horn hunting
« Reply #21 on: February 05, 2012, 10:17:50 PM »
I don't if it could be the case but I know the wdfw does air studies of the elk and deer. Counting numbers and etc. Maybe that is what they could have been up to. I have also heard of them "trying :chuckle:" to count cougars as well. Makes me laugh everytime I have heard about them trying to count something like a cougar from the air :chuckle:
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Re: helicopter horn hunting
« Reply #22 on: February 06, 2012, 07:54:11 AM »
ok  Miles erase it just ah did u want me to watch these *censored*es all day i had horn to pic up wat ? ok I wont say anymore I hope horn huntin gets shut down to many morons chasin deer....

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Re: helicopter horn hunting
« Reply #23 on: February 06, 2012, 08:17:11 AM »
Are you sure he was shed hunting? Thats crazy. Shed antlers arent worth that much money. A local buyer I know of offers $8 lb for nice brown antler.


Not positive because i didnt watch that long but why else would  someone get a heli ride to the top of a mountian in deer wintering ground? it was crazy


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I do no whos chopper it was !  GUESS I'LL HAV TO GO ASK WHY HE WAS DROPPING GUYS IN THE DEER ?  jUST A FARMERS TOY

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Re: helicopter horn hunting
« Reply #24 on: February 06, 2012, 08:20:16 AM »
Get to the choppa!!!!

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Re: helicopter horn hunting
« Reply #25 on: February 07, 2012, 09:56:12 PM »
Are you sure he was shed hunting? Thats crazy. Shed antlers arent worth that much money. A local buyer I know of offers $8 lb for nice brown antler.


Not positive because i didnt watch that long but why else would  someone get a heli ride to the top of a mountian in deer wintering ground? it was crazy




So you actually have no idea what the person was doing.   Awesome thread...

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Re: helicopter horn hunting
« Reply #26 on: February 08, 2012, 07:56:05 AM »
I would be willing to bet it was WDFW darting, sampling, tagging / collaring doe mule deer.  That is one way they do it, and I have witnessed them doing just that north of Wenatchee off of 97A.
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