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Other Activities => Shed Hunting => Topic started by: cackle on March 05, 2009, 02:46:09 PM

Title: new mexico shed hunt
Post by: cackle on March 05, 2009, 02:46:09 PM: no pics yet :P but leavin in 15 days cant hardly sit still Im so excited
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Post by: heavy hauler on March 05, 2009, 05:18:03 PM: is that for mule deer or elk or even both? i am jealous ;)
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Post by: cackle on March 05, 2009, 05:29:37 PM: both will be in quemado for a week at a friends cousins ranch thats like 150 section Im pretty sure I will have some pics to share hopefully alot of pics to share
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Post by: bow4elk on March 05, 2009, 05:37:38 PM: found a nice pile in the Gila down there during my elk hunts...mostly muleys but a couple elk. found my first antelope shed too (yes, they do shed their horns...look it up ;))
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Post by: fishing is for fools on March 05, 2009, 06:12:43 PM: I found two antelope sheds next to one another in Montana. After showing them off at camp it turned out to be two lefts.
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Post by: Alan K on March 05, 2009, 11:00:41 PM: I don't think antelope shed. . . :dunno:
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Post by: chester on March 05, 2009, 11:02:40 PM: supposedly they do every year....only animal with horns that does.
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Post by: jackelope on March 06, 2009, 07:19:02 AM: do they shed the whole horn or just the sheath?
i always thought they shed and regrew the sheath only.
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Post by: chester on March 06, 2009, 07:20:03 AM: its just the sheath, but i think it would be cool to find one.
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Post by: M_ray on March 06, 2009, 07:30:24 AM: The way I understand it is they shed the sheath and it's rare to find them because they deteriorate fairly fast in the elements. :dunno: Could be wrong but this is the way it was explained to me.
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Post by: cackle on March 06, 2009, 08:22:51 AM: I will keep my eye out what time of year do they shed their horns?
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Post by: lewy on March 06, 2009, 11:20:10 AM: starting in november.
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Post by: bow4elk on March 06, 2009, 11:38:19 PM: yes, it's the hair-like sheath. Pretty rare find. I found an old thunderhead broadhead and an indian arrowhead the same day...strange.
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Post by: cackle on March 18, 2009, 03:39:41 PM: Im starting to get worried we planned the trip to early got report today that all the bulls they have been seeing are still packin should have planned for the first or second week of april
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Post by: cackle on April 30, 2009, 01:18:39 PM: here are sum pics from the trip i will tell the story when I get back to work on monday
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Post by: boneaddict on April 30, 2009, 01:20:49 PM: and I thought I drove a long ways to shed hunt.....
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Post by: cackle on April 30, 2009, 01:31:40 PM: :o
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Post by: shanevg on April 30, 2009, 01:47:09 PM: Love the red mud all over the truck, brings back some good memories of elk hunting! Looks fun!
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Post by: CoryTDF on May 01, 2009, 04:19:17 AM: You sir, are one luck fellow. That looked like a great trip.