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Title: lets see your best/favorite shed.
Post by: bowhunterwa87 on June 20, 2014, 11:08:42 PM
So here it is. Sucks i couldnt find the other side but im very proud to say this is my best shed found to date.

Lets see what everybody else has!
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Post by: johnnyaustin44 on June 20, 2014, 11:15:28 PM
One of my favorites. Two months after the hoards moved through Joe Watt
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Post by: Elkohol on June 21, 2014, 11:42:12 AM
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This is my favorite shed. Loved the color on this guy


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Post by: antlerking on June 21, 2014, 12:04:24 PM
Here is my favorite pic a 80" single and then my biggest set 86" and a 93" or somewere around there.
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Post by: bowhunterwa87 on June 21, 2014, 12:53:38 PM
Nice lookin sheds guys! Keep them comin.

 Antlerking...wow!  :drool:
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Post by: scottfrick on June 21, 2014, 01:01:58 PM
This is my best :)
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Post by: trophyhunt on June 21, 2014, 01:19:40 PM
My biggest elk, eastside last year.  My biggest muley shed wenaha this year and my best blacktail Set, put on plaque.  Missed the blackie with my t/c pistol but found both sides after December. (https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.tapatalk.com%2Fd%2F14%2F06%2F22%2Famy5e2eb.jpg&hash=824ccfdfd1f8daade937ad7fa255d532fe8fef69)(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.tapatalk.com%2Fd%2F14%2F06%2F22%2Fu8e9any5.jpg&hash=960c5068416f0187b5fa304062df354927d47621)(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.tapatalk.com%2Fd%2F14%2F06%2F22%2Fy2yva4e6.jpg&hash=f7d11e781092b38382a317061bd4744f197c86ab)


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Post by: jdb on June 22, 2014, 03:01:32 PM
Maybe not my best but a favorite for sure
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Post by: jdb on June 22, 2014, 03:04:47 PM
Again not my biggest but still a favorite
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Post by: scotta on June 22, 2014, 06:55:36 PM
70" shed my best to date .
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Post by: webster1 on June 23, 2014, 12:39:45 PM
Pretty good set
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Post by: Woodchuck on June 23, 2014, 12:44:50 PM
My buddy with quite possibly the freshest shed ever. Watched the other bull tear it off his head.
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Post by: shedkid on June 24, 2014, 06:23:10 PM
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Post by: Duckhunter14 on June 25, 2014, 03:40:28 PM
Not my biggest. But I spotted it stuck in the mud like this from probably 800 yards away. One of my favorite finds. Then I found the same side from the same bull in the same drainage this year. He put on a ton of mass and length in one year, now if I could just draw a damn bull tag!
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Post by: Okano-gun on June 28, 2014, 10:29:01 AM
My best, officially scored 88 7/8.
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Post by: Elkohol on June 28, 2014, 10:44:58 AM
Awesome sheds everyone! Not enough shed porn gets posted anymore
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Post by: Old Man Yager on June 30, 2014, 12:09:48 PM
I got a few good ones, I just got to quit being so busy and post them up.
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Post by: Schliesman22 on July 10, 2014, 12:32:33 PM
Found these last year on off time while working in nw Montana , best set to date.
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Post by: oldleclercrd on July 10, 2014, 05:35:27 PM
Whoa now that's a nice whitey.
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Post by: jdb on July 10, 2014, 07:39:40 PM
Some more
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Post by: daydreamn on July 11, 2014, 09:54:22 PM
Schliesman, would love to see a better picture of that set.  looks like the critters found it before you. >:(
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Post by: CamoDup on July 24, 2014, 01:54:54 PM
These two are my favorite. The first is a few years old and it's hollow.  Looks like a mouse or squirrel chewed all of the marrow out of it and made it his home. The front is broken/chewed off and so is the cheater. I rough scored it at 69''. And the second is just a HUGE deer spike. I dubbed him the "back scratcher buck". The spike is about 19'' tall. Never did see either of these bucks on the hoof. 
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Post by: jdb on July 24, 2014, 02:13:30 PM
Could be we're hunting same spot
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Post by: MLBowhunting on July 24, 2014, 06:16:06 PM
Blackie
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Post by: CamoDup on July 24, 2014, 09:10:46 PM
Could be we're hunting same spot

Could be... Why don't you tell me where you go and I'll let you know if I hunt there too...  :chuckle:
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Post by: bowhunterwa87 on July 24, 2014, 09:17:01 PM
Cool shed camodup.
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Post by: grundy53 on July 24, 2014, 09:24:28 PM
Westside Bull.
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Post by: Schliesman22 on July 28, 2014, 07:01:25 AM
Dreamn"   Don't have a close up but here's another one of when I found them, and yeah the animals got to them before me, unfortunately !
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Post by: daydreamn on July 30, 2014, 05:52:20 AM
Sweet set.  Unusually long tines on that one.  I know a guy that does quality antler restoration. That set would be awesome restored.
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Post by: elkoholic1 on August 06, 2014, 09:46:14 AM
alot of nice bone!!!   :tup:
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Post by: HunterStrait on August 12, 2014, 12:18:46 AM
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffc05.deviantart.net%2Ffs71%2Fi%2F2013%2F348%2F0%2F7%2Fmy_elk_antlers_by_hunterstrait-d6xzfkj.jpg&hash=b00dbec8fd7b52452e6e4cf34e8e8f47a942c27b)
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Post by: monster on October 01, 2014, 11:07:47 AM
Here are mine
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Post by: JM on October 01, 2014, 09:13:20 PM
A 340ish set I found on a friends spring bear hunt this year
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Post by: huntnnw on October 08, 2014, 10:18:29 PM
biggest elk shed..NE WA

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi200.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Faa139%2Fshanewa300%2FMobile%2520Uploads%2F2014-04%2F40046484-DD40-486D-97B0-326B79C9F4A4_zpsunzfnj9j.jpg&hash=76da69c3987bd456259bd064fc3523595323260c) (http://s200.photobucket.com/user/shanewa300/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-04/40046484-DD40-486D-97B0-326B79C9F4A4_zpsunzfnj9j.jpg.html)

Biggest whitey


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Post by: Hawgdawg on October 08, 2014, 10:43:57 PM
here is a few ugly one's
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Post by: bowhunterwa87 on October 10, 2014, 06:17:38 PM
Cool whitetail shed huntnnw!
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Post by: splashcaster on October 11, 2014, 12:49:19 PM
I found these a few weeks ago on the westside...they're my first shed find so I was pretty excited! Just in time for my special permit rut tag about a month from now  :tup:

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Post by: sled on October 11, 2014, 03:47:59 PM
Found theses elk hunting this year.  Best to date.  Matching 7x7!
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Post by: greenhead_killer on October 11, 2014, 04:05:22 PM
Not the biggest but my first matches set. Found 10' apart.
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Post by: Duckslayer89 on October 13, 2014, 08:47:14 PM
Found him on a river in winter range couldn't find the other side.
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Post by: johnnyaustin44 on October 17, 2014, 02:30:35 PM
My best set
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Post by: Buckmark on October 17, 2014, 02:36:05 PM
Found him on a river in winter range couldn't find the other side.
Nice idaho find  :tup:
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Post by: Duckhunter14 on October 17, 2014, 11:31:08 PM
Found him on a river in winter range couldn't find the other side.
Nice idaho find  :tup:

 :yeah: nuff said
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Post by: Duckslayer89 on August 24, 2015, 08:53:03 AM
Actually it was in idaho. North fork Clearwater River Unit 10a. Nuff said........
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Post by: Northforker on September 04, 2015, 05:06:54 PM
Decent 6 pt.
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Post by: Old Man Yager on September 14, 2015, 02:34:53 PM
Best ever for me
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Post by: predatorG on September 16, 2015, 06:18:02 PM
A nice blacktail 4 pt. My neighbor found
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Post by: predatorG on September 16, 2015, 08:27:47 PM
Some sheds from the farm back in Montana
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Post by: runamuk on September 16, 2015, 08:50:39 PM
my 2 favorites of a total of 3 or 4 ever found

the bigger one was found on private land we had permission to shed hunt on was pretty cool was my first decent shed.

the little one was found in "my spot"
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Post by: bowhunterwa87 on September 16, 2015, 08:54:04 PM
 :tup:
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Post by: grundy53 on September 16, 2015, 08:56:09 PM
Best ever for me

 :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:
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Post by: elk247 on September 16, 2015, 08:58:26 PM
Best ever for me

 :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:
:yeah: old man that's a certified pig!
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Post by: jasnt on September 17, 2015, 06:12:59 AM
My favorite set
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Post by: _DarkTimber_ on September 17, 2015, 08:46:52 AM
I'd have to say this is my favorite, fresh when I found it too (https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F15%2F09%2F17%2Ff25f9a0915b4abef5cbd255964cfe8c9.jpg&hash=098266e224a071aae27c2e6d9e285748bd14da4d)


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Post by: frazierw on September 17, 2015, 09:00:33 AM
My best "set". Not really a set but they sure look like it
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Post by: Hankbest17 on September 22, 2015, 06:43:18 PM
In my top 5
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Post by: benhuntin on September 22, 2015, 07:05:19 PM
Damn
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Post by: Watimberghost on September 22, 2015, 07:06:06 PM
Mass!
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Post by: jburkett on September 22, 2015, 07:44:16 PM
Here are two sets I picked up on the archery elk opener last week end. The bigger of the two sets is bye far my best
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Post by: bowhunterwa87 on September 22, 2015, 07:48:14 PM
Thats awesome!
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Post by: jburkett on September 22, 2015, 08:07:57 PM
Here are two sets I picked up on the archery elk opener last week end. The bigger of the two sets is bye far my best
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Post by: onetrack on November 21, 2015, 08:24:45 PM
found this set acouple years ago.
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Post by: onetrack on November 21, 2015, 08:28:19 PM
Heres the atl.
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Post by: boneaddict on November 21, 2015, 08:57:18 PM
biggest, not sure it's my favorite.   96 plus typical.  Currently 3rd in the world, not entered in the state book
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Post by: Watimberghost on November 21, 2015, 09:03:28 PM
That is incredible! Could you show another angle on that shed? What a stud
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Post by: jrebel on November 21, 2015, 09:11:52 PM
One of my favorites for character and size.   :tup:

Last pic is a size 12 boot for size comparison.
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Post by: onetrack on November 22, 2015, 07:52:43 PM
cool three point.
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Post by: Smossy on November 22, 2015, 08:35:15 PM
Never found any, Feel like they don't exist here in western wa.
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Post by: Hunting Cowboy on November 22, 2015, 08:51:32 PM
Found during general season. The exposed sides were sun bleached. I ended up staining them to look like their natural color.
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Post by: Band on November 23, 2015, 09:11:13 PM
Never found any, Feel like they don't exist here in western wa.
That's what I thought...until yesterday.  Found this set 40 yards apart on top of a hill in gmu 621.
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Post by: Pete112288 on November 23, 2015, 09:42:24 PM
I will have to take some pics and post some up. Found more this year while hunting than all ever before combined. Most I had found were old and only half was still left. This year found a nice long curvy elk spike with eyeguard, a small 4 pt elk shed both during early muzzy elk. Then my first matched set a few years old strong 3 point blacktail.
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Post by: Smossy on November 23, 2015, 09:51:41 PM
Most you guys are eastern right?
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Post by: meathunter 4x4 on November 26, 2015, 12:30:21 PM
My best two sets.
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Post by: _DarkTimber_ on January 05, 2016, 08:54:39 PM
Never found any, Feel like they don't exist here in western wa.

They are out there, just look hard it will pay off
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Post by: JimmyHoffa on January 05, 2016, 09:00:48 PM
Never found any, Feel like they don't exist here in western wa.
They are out there, just look hard it will pay off
:yeah:
Get an idea where the snow level is at when they start dropping.  I don't find a lot of fresh ones, usually bleached out; but in spring when walking a certain elevation looking for bears will start finding them mostly all the same elevation.  And if it was a late snow year, they seem to be up along the ridges.
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Post by: blackveltbowhunter on January 05, 2016, 09:33:51 PM
Blacktail sheds in the lowlands are intimidating to me. I am becoming more comfortable, but have tons to learn. But I can say for me there is nothing better than picking up a good blacktail shed from off the wet duff. I love finding elk, and.muley, or oak country blackies as well. But for time expended for horns earned, the lowland blacktails are my most rewarding finds. a couple.things I have found useful....

A machete, those bucks burrow into some thick nasty stuff. It's also useful for flipping or cutting ferns.

Walk a lot of miles inside a mile. I think this is the hardest thing for me, if there's decent deer population and sign it's tempting to cover ground, but bucks don't move much. He is likely spending the bulk of his time in a VERY small area. And may be consistently utilizing just a few acres. Walk every trail you can.

The adage they shed where they shed is very true. But I'm developing a theory that blacktails may be much more predictable than there migratory cousins. I consistently find sheds in certain types of terrain and habitat. And have drawn blanks in many other areas. I think once you find a couple you will get an idea of what that habitat is like in your area.

Shed when it's wet. That's my favorite, horns will shine a bit and are a little.easier to spot.



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Post by: swwaoutdoorsman on January 07, 2016, 12:01:24 AM
Lowland BT from yesterday
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Post by: Watimberghost on January 07, 2016, 12:35:58 PM
Nice BT shed :tup:
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Post by: E-Town Hunter on January 07, 2016, 02:00:37 PM
My best two sets.
Where did you get that half replica skull. I like the looks of that over the full skull. Also, what method do you use to mount your sheds to it? Wondering if there was an easier way than how I did a similar mount.
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Post by: nickrj11 on January 07, 2016, 02:30:17 PM
When do the Blackies and elk really start dropping antlers on the west side??? I have done a lot of searching the last 2 years in gmu 654 and other neighboring units in February and March but have never had luck. Excited to get back out there this year though!
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Post by: Lost in the mountains on January 07, 2016, 07:50:52 PM
April-May seems to be best for elk but have seen them start dropping as early as the end of feb and first part or march. As far as the BT go some start in mid nov but jan-feb seem to be the best time
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Post by: lablover on February 06, 2016, 09:25:35 PM
My biggest to date. 167" I'm 6'4" to give you an idea on size.
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Post by: antlerking on February 07, 2016, 09:59:31 AM
Not biggest but some of my favorite ATL
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Post by: TommyH on February 07, 2016, 01:07:10 PM
Pic doesn't do it justice.
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