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Other Activities => Shed Hunting => Topic started by: Easy-E on November 05, 2013, 09:34:50 AM

Title: Dead Head
Post by: Easy-E on November 05, 2013, 09:34:50 AM: I was dropping down a dark timbered ridge while spike elk hunting and jumped a branched antler bull. I followed his trail, and as I came through the branches of a small sapling I discovered this near the bottom of a gulley.

It was the first time I've ever found a full skull, so thought I'd share.

Cheers!
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Post by: seth30 on November 05, 2013, 09:38:51 AM: Cool find :tup:
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Post by: wastickslinger on November 05, 2013, 09:43:45 AM: Dang timber tigers sure do a number on antlers in a hurry. Nice find!
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Post by: jackson7 on November 05, 2013, 09:46:11 AM: I have found plenty of deer heads but never an elk. that's a trophy. congrats.
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Post by: Easy-E on November 05, 2013, 09:57:47 AM: When I found it I was quite startled. Following a running bull's trail, hitting some denser cover, looking to cross a gulley, pull back a sapling branch, and BAM!!! Horns! Yowza, it definitely got my attention real quick-like. :chuckle:

I marked the location with my GPS. I might try to get back in there in the spring to show my 13 year old son. Not sure it'll still be there given the gnawing that's already been going on....

Cheers!
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Post by: weatherbound on November 05, 2013, 05:58:36 PM: Very nice find!!! Here's a nice 3 point buck i found surrounded by it's bones last year when i was deer hunting. Its G-2's were covered by pine needles at first i thought it was just a forked horn but turned out to be a pretty sweet buck.
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Post by: Easy-E on November 05, 2013, 06:18:02 PM: Nice!
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Post by: Easy-E on November 05, 2013, 06:31:56 PM: Agreed.
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Post by: longwalker on December 27, 2013, 11:01:24 PM: funny , my buddy has a picture of that same dead head he came across while hunting a while back.
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Post by: buglebuster on December 27, 2013, 11:10:45 PM: You guys really dont take them? I find that very, very hard to believe :chuckle: thats why I only shed hunt in "idaho"
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Post by: Peregrine on December 27, 2013, 11:26:02 PM: Reminds me of a 5x6 I found in colorado...it had less rodent damage but more UV deterioration.
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Post by: erk444 on December 28, 2013, 02:19:16 PM: Quote from: buglebuster on December 27, 2013, 11:10:45 PM
You guys really dont take them? I find that very, very hard to believe :chuckle: thats why I only shed hunt in "idaho"
:yeah: :yeah:
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Post by: troyspinetar on December 28, 2013, 05:43:53 PM: Quote from: erk444 on December 28, 2013, 02:19:16 PM

Quote from: buglebuster on December 27, 2013, 11:10:45 PM
You guys really dont take them? I find that very, very hard to believe :chuckle: thats why I only shed hunt in "idaho"
:yeah: :yeah:
:chuckle:
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Post by: Hunterman on December 28, 2013, 05:56:55 PM: Here comes the cops :chuckle:

Hunterman(Tony)
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Post by: buglebuster on December 28, 2013, 06:11:51 PM: Heres A deadhead from idaho I found a few weeks ago, pretty chewed up as well
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Post by: MLBowhunting on December 28, 2013, 06:20:26 PM: Nice Idaho bull :chuckle:
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Post by: RadSav on December 28, 2013, 06:24:00 PM: I was so excited to see this thread topic. But, I was thinking is was going to a be a thread about the greatest two blade broadhead of all time :chuckle:
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Post by: bowhunterwa87 on December 28, 2013, 06:29:51 PM: My best Idaho dead head was from three years ago..a perfect 5x5 bull..may 1st was a good day for me that year.
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Post by: longwalker on December 30, 2013, 05:48:18 PM: Quote from: buglebuster on December 27, 2013, 11:10:45 PM
You guys really dont take them? I find that very, very hard to believe :chuckle: thats why I only shed hunt in "idaho"

if everyone did you would have never seen a pic of this one. it was found a few years ago and left where it lay