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Other Activities => Shed Hunting => Topic started by: woodman on February 13, 2011, 06:47:23 AM

Title: Broken antlers
Post by: woodman on February 13, 2011, 06:47:23 AM: Was shed hunting yesterday and found this elk tine. I am guessing that it is left over from a couple of bulls sparing. I find a few antlers each year and sometimes there are tines broken off. Last year my largest was a 7 point bull with a large tine broken off. Is this common for other hunters to find.
Title: Re: Broken antlers
Post by: boneaddict on February 13, 2011, 07:49:43 AM: Not sure if its common or not, but I have found about a dozen broken off tines throughout the years. Found a chunk of mainbeam once. Like when you snap a tree limb and the center piece punches out. That has to take some serious force.
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Post by: Shed Stud on February 13, 2011, 08:35:14 AM: That is a good find. I too have found antlers with broken tines, but never the broken off tine...cool
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Post by: huntandjeep on February 13, 2011, 01:12:08 PM: ive found a couple broken sheds. But never just the tines.
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Post by: shedcrazy on February 13, 2011, 03:51:18 PM: I always find bucks that have broken tines, or main beams. It kind of sucks, because they lost alot of inches. Found a piece of a tine one time tough.
Title: Re: Broken antlers
Post by: woodman on February 13, 2011, 04:23:02 PM: Quote from: boneaddict on February 13, 2011, 07:49:43 AM
Not sure if its common or not, but I have found about a dozen broken off tines throughout the years. Found a chunk of mainbeam once. Like when you snap a tree limb and the center piece punches out. That has to take some serious force.

I am thinking that this one took a pretty good jolt to break off.
Title: Re: Broken antlers
Post by: boneaddict on February 13, 2011, 04:47:18 PM: broken....NOT shed
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv47%2Fboneaddict%2Fone.jpg&hash=0c82cd124d8e5e80581459f3c34daba576b8e73b)
Title: Re: Broken antlers
Post by: boneaddict on February 13, 2011, 04:49:30 PM: (https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv47%2Fboneaddict%2Fstrangestspike.jpg&hash=a92d101295f4c0b8788716258ef795c7ff71664b)
Title: Re: Broken antlers
Post by: boneaddict on February 13, 2011, 04:55:27 PM: Looking at him he might have been busted up even more
.(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv47%2Fboneaddict%2Fone1.jpg&hash=c73c78cece8eb10d0c2607e7e503150ae271db8d)
Title: Re: Broken antlers
Post by: daydreamn on February 13, 2011, 07:46:53 PM: My wife picked up a good sized moose antler once that was broke off about two inches above the pedical. It was also cracked about half way up the palm out to the back end.
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Post by: grundy53 on February 13, 2011, 08:07:19 PM: thats gotta hurt!
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Post by: HornHoarder on February 13, 2011, 08:22:27 PM: Ive only picked up a piece of a broken antler once. It looked like the back fork off of a mule deer. Rare find!
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Post by: Devinshoe on February 16, 2011, 10:03:02 AM: Broken Moose paddle, about half of it is missing. Got the match to it and its pretty big.
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Post by: NWWAHunter on February 16, 2011, 12:49:27 PM: Quote from: Devinshoe on February 16, 2011, 10:03:02 AM
Broken Moose paddle, about half of it is missing. Got the match to it and its pretty big.
One of my buddys found that end of a broken paddle last year while bow hunting. Who knows it might be off of the same horn!
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Post by: Woodchuck on February 16, 2011, 12:54:37 PM: I watched an elk get his antler torn right out of his skull, was pretty cool. One of my boys picked up 3 broken elk tine up in about a 50yd radius clearing. No pic's of his tines.
Title: Re: Broken antlers
Post by: Devinshoe on February 16, 2011, 01:14:28 PM: Quote from: NWWAHunter on February 16, 2011, 12:49:27 PM
Quote from: Devinshoe on February 16, 2011, 10:03:02 AM
Broken Moose paddle, about half of it is missing. Got the match to it and its pretty big.
One of my buddys found that end of a broken paddle last year while bow hunting. Who knows it might be off of the same horn!
You should try to get a picture of it. That would be cool if it was the same. You should find out out where he found it and pm me where he found it to see if it is in the same general area.