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Other Activities => Shed Hunting => Topic started by: Coastal_native on April 11, 2011, 08:53:03 PM

Title: Poor little raghorn
Post by: Coastal_native on April 11, 2011, 08:53:03 PM: My second attempt...I found an old heavy 5 pt and a little raghorn that was cut down in his prime...both of which I've probably walked within 15 ft of on numerous occasions :bash: I still have about 6 sheds unaccounted for. I've had the hardest time finding matches in an area that the bulls live in from late November all the way through August. Somebody please tell me how to match up my sheds!!!! It's like they drop one and then run five miles away and drop the other one.
Title: Re: Poor little raghorn
Post by: CamoDup on April 11, 2011, 08:55:52 PM: I just don't understand how you find sheds in that thickness!
Title: Re: Poor little raghorn
Post by: shedcrazy on April 11, 2011, 08:59:13 PM: I swear some of them must dig holes and bury the other sides :bash:
Title: Re: Poor little raghorn
Post by: Coastal_native on April 11, 2011, 09:03:59 PM: Quote from: CamoDup on April 11, 2011, 08:55:52 PM
I just don't understand how you find sheds in that thickness!

Me either...I turned on my GPS tracklog when I started...after about 4 hours I'd covered 4.7 miles in an area less than 50 acres.
Title: Re: Poor little raghorn
Post by: Alan K on April 11, 2011, 09:05:23 PM: You're doing pretty darn good Coastal! Matches are hard to come by, especially in salal brush like that!
Title: Re: Poor little raghorn
Post by: PlateauNDN on April 11, 2011, 09:32:26 PM: Hey coastal they look pretty good to me so keep up the good work and you'll match them up eventually.
Title: Re: Poor little raghorn
Post by: bucklucky on April 12, 2011, 07:54:34 AM: I found a Roosie set one time, laying right on top of each other :chuckle: Found his horn from Id say 2 years latter but could never find the other side :bash:

Nice finds man!!
Title: Re: Poor little raghorn
Post by: wapiti hunter2 on April 12, 2011, 08:19:51 AM: Did you look for the ivories? last skull I found still had one. Looked hard but couldn't find the other.
Title: Re: Poor little raghorn
Post by: elkslare on April 12, 2011, 12:14:41 PM: Cool find. We found a dead bull elk this year some one took its antlers but left the ivory's, so we took them. :IBCOOL: always fun finding antlers
Title: Re: Poor little raghorn
Post by: the old man on April 13, 2011, 10:50:48 AM: Sorry that is not a shed. Illegal to remove from the woods. Had a son ticked for one he found and brought back to camp. The only thing that saved him, was it was not in his possession, or in his truck. Read the regulations, it is very clear on what a shed is. Just a heads up. Good hunting.
Title: Re: Poor little raghorn
Post by: runamuk on April 13, 2011, 10:56:22 AM: Quote from: the old man on April 13, 2011, 10:50:48 AM
Sorry that is not a shed. Illegal to remove from the woods. Had a son ticked for one he found and brought back to camp. The only thing that saved him, was it was not in his possession, or in his truck. Read the regulations, it is very clear on what a shed is. Just a heads up. Good hunting.

coastal is native and I am guessing found that on the rez?? also the pic I see is an ATL so not in possession of the person simply shared through a picture far as I can tell :dunno:

Coastal cool find and dang its been so wet skulls are now growing green :chuckle:
Title: Re: Poor little raghorn
Post by: NWBREW on April 13, 2011, 11:01:17 AM: Quote from: the old man on April 13, 2011, 10:50:48 AM
Sorry that is not a shed. Illegal to remove from the woods. Had a son ticked for one he found and brought back to camp. The only thing that saved him, was it was not in his possession, or in his truck. Read the regulations, it is very clear on what a shed is. Just a heads up. Good hunting.

Sometimes you can contact the wildlife dept. and ask. They have said yes on occasion. Nice find coastal.
Title: Re: Poor little raghorn
Post by: Coastal_native on April 13, 2011, 09:56:48 PM: Quote from: runamuk on April 13, 2011, 10:56:22 AM
Quote from: the old man on April 13, 2011, 10:50:48 AM
Sorry that is not a shed. Illegal to remove from the woods. Had a son ticked for one he found and brought back to camp. The only thing that saved him, was it was not in his possession, or in his truck. Read the regulations, it is very clear on what a shed is. Just a heads up. Good hunting.

coastal is native and I am guessing found that on the rez?? also the pic I see is an ATL so not in possession of the person simply shared through a picture far as I can tell :dunno:

Coastal cool find and dang its been so wet skulls are now growing green :chuckle:

True, we currently don't have regulations in place that stop us from keeping dead heads, although I kinda understand why other agencies do. It'd be nice if they could come up with a system that would allow people to keep them, it seems like it would be a good opportunity for WDFW bios to gather data about natural mortaliy and crippling loss...I'm sure somebody would find a way to abuse the system though.

This one is in a tree in the woods for now, but I might go back for it...when it doesn't stink so bad.