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Other Activities => Shed Hunting => Topic started by: boneaddict on April 06, 2007, 07:02:34 AM

Title: Elk bonanza
Post by: boneaddict on April 06, 2007, 07:02:34 AM: I had the best day ever elk shedding yesterday. They were dropping everywhere. I basically watched several bulls drop. I actually didn't see the antlers fall, but one minute the elk would be walking with a pair of antlers and the next minute they would be missing them. I found 15 elk sheds and two deer. What a day. I'm a hurting unit, and there are tons of bulls left out there still packin and shedding. I'll get some pics up as soon as possible.
Title: Re: Elk bonanza
Post by: bowpredator on April 06, 2007, 04:28:07 PM: Are those east side or west side bulls?
Title: Re: Elk bonanza
Post by: hunterofelk on April 06, 2007, 04:37:46 PM: Timing is everything. Last weekend I walked till my knees ached. I always wonder how many I miss. It does help when a guy sees a bull with and then without. I'm glad there are so many branch antlered bulls in that country. Happy you found so many. I've never found that many in one day. I would have gotten tired and headed back to the truck. I love that area and I wish I lived closer.
Oh yeah, I watched two bulls, five points, fight each other for fifteen minutes and everything looked solid on their heads. I searched for the match to the big antler I found, but came up with nothing.
I keep all the antlers I find and I'm running out of room, so I'm happy with what I've found so far. I do love hiking around the hills in spring and I won't leave any antlers behind.

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Title: Re: Elk bonanza
Post by: boneaddict on April 07, 2007, 07:37:22 AM: This is eastside. This is the most bull elk I have ever seen. Last season was nasty for the hunters and it shows. I've never seen so many spikes. I hear you on the knees hurt part. In fact I was going to be shedding this whole weekend, but I figured I'd just visit with my Dad and enjoy my success. Let others have a good day.
Title: Re: Elk bonanza
Post by: bearmanric on April 07, 2007, 07:46:25 AM: man it sound's like a blast .i go through alot of elk horn's a year in my call's. my small elkhorn open reed is my best seller. Rick
Title: Re: Elk bonanza
Post by: boneaddict on April 07, 2007, 04:45:41 PM: Scary, the thought of putting a drill or saw to fresh tine. YIKES!!!
Title: Re: Elk bonanza
Post by: bearmanric on April 07, 2007, 06:57:49 PM: what do you do with them. i buy around 300.00 every two month's just the tine's. there one of my most popular call. Rick
Title: Re: Elk bonanza
Post by: boneaddict on April 08, 2007, 07:02:26 PM: I stack them relentlessly all over my house. I'm about to do a chandelier, but can't talk myself into drilling yet.
Here was the first one that fell off right in front of me.
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I wish they were all this easy.
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I wish I would have found the match to this one.
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this was a hawg 5 point. No match :'(
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more to come later!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Elk bonanza
Post by: boneaddict on April 08, 2007, 07:12:57 PM: Here's the first BIG match set I found
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another match. it was behind the brus patch just behind it. the second picture was taken through the brush from where I picked the first one up.
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Title: Re: Elk bonanza
Post by: Ray on April 09, 2007, 09:04:06 AM: Quote
I'm about to do a chandelier

Cool. I'd like to see the finished product. Bonanza is right :bow:
Title: Re: Elk bonanza
Post by: hunterofelk on April 09, 2007, 03:34:49 PM: Great pictures! I was hoping you took some ATL's and would post them for us.
Title: Re: Elk bonanza
Post by: huntnfmly on April 25, 2007, 09:25:12 AM: Holy crap bone,bonanza is right
jim
Title: Re: Elk bonanza
Post by: boneaddict on April 25, 2007, 05:39:43 PM: I'm wishing now that it had satisfied my appetite. I'm itching to go out again. I bet many of them have been scooped by now though.
Title: Re: Elk bonanza
Post by: MADMAX on May 28, 2007, 04:56:09 PM: I think I been on that 2 track before
Title: Re: Elk bonanza
Post by: Michelle_Nelson on May 29, 2007, 09:10:36 AM: Thats a nice matched set. When you finnaly decide to start your antler chandelier, Don't close your eyes when you start drilling, LOL.
Title: Re: Elk bonanza
Post by: boneaddict on May 29, 2007, 09:57:33 AM: Good point. ;)