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Other Activities => Shed Hunting => Topic started by: blackveltbowhunter on April 15, 2013, 08:32:39 PM

Title: For the shed hunters..... Do You?
Post by: blackveltbowhunter on April 15, 2013, 08:32:39 PM: Ever leave sheds behind? :dunno:

I am by no means a shed expert. Usually I do a bit of shedding/scouting ( REAL heavy on the scouting :chuckle: ) for Blackies in late winter/early spring. And hunt elk sheds as well. This is the bulk of my "shed hunting". Mostly I enjoy getting out, putting miles on and enjoying the spring weather. Some years I get "the bug" and make it a higher priority than others.

Seeing some of the pics and posts on here it is obvious some of you guys ROCK the shed hunting. Very cool 8) I have always kept every shed I found, regardless of age/condition. But found a couple the last few times I was out, and if it hadnt been for the urging of my buddy would have left them. Is this normal? Do you guys leave some behind, that are either too damaged, old, or cuz its been there for a long time undiscovered?
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Post by: Bigtine96 on April 15, 2013, 08:50:55 PM: If its hard white I'll keep it, but if its a garbage horn I leave it where it was.
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Post by: lewy on April 15, 2013, 08:52:41 PM: I bring the oldies home for yard art....
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Post by: Capt Morgan on April 15, 2013, 08:54:06 PM: I bring them all home regardless of condition. The ones that are chewed up, chalky or whatever I just cut them up & let the Dogs have them.
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Post by: Basket Rack on April 15, 2013, 09:04:21 PM: I only bring out brown and hard whites anymore. Chalkers and badly chewed stuff stays in the brush.
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Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on April 15, 2013, 09:46:19 PM: Take em all!!!! If you dont someone else will! :chuckle:
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Post by: crow killer on April 15, 2013, 09:55:14 PM: Quote from: HUNTINCOUPLE on April 15, 2013, 09:46:19 PM
Take em all!!!! If you dont someone else will! :chuckle:
:yeah: if I could find ANY :chuckle:
Title: Re: For the shed hunters..... Do You?
Post by: Devinshoe on April 15, 2013, 10:02:37 PM: All the old white ones my dad and i I find we through them out at a well know rest area! This is right off the side of the road. We always hope some young kid is gunna find his first "shed" .
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Post by: crow killer on April 15, 2013, 10:04:35 PM: Quote from: Devinshoe on April 15, 2013, 10:02:37 PM
All the old white ones my dad and i I find we through them out at a well know rest area! This is right off the side of the road. We always hope some young kid is gunna find his first "shed" .
where do you live! :chuckle:
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Post by: jess on April 15, 2013, 11:31:44 PM: devinshoe did you throw out a big white whitetail shed behind the rest area between ellensburg and vantage? I found a 65+ inch whitetail shed there a few years ago and always thought how the heck did it get there.
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Post by: StanwoodSpartan on April 16, 2013, 03:09:40 PM: That's why you take your kids with you... They get the *censored*ty ones and you get the good ones. Its not like they are going to tell you they don't want them.. hahaha
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Post by: Arteman on April 19, 2013, 02:07:24 AM: Only two sheds I found this year I left behind, one chewed up beyond being useful for anything, and the other was chewed in half almost, plus so sun dried and cracked it would just crumble apart. I just put it back in the log exactly as I found it, kind of a cool atl. Most whites end up as yard ornaments, just put more out as the neighborhood dogs run off with them.
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Post by: blackveltbowhunter on April 19, 2013, 02:42:44 AM: That is a neat ATL :tup:

Heres a pic of the one I was going to leave..... It actually did look good in some of the wifes landscaping...
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on April 19, 2013, 05:09:27 AM: I leave them there the just become garage clutter in the end