Post by: CoyoteCowboy on May 31, 2011, 05:01:28 PM
i gotta admit.. this is a long shot.
a little back story... this fall i bagged the second buck of my life. a nice black-tail buck over near Hood Canal, WA. tuff hunting as those deer slip in and out of that dense cover like ghosts. i took him on the second weekend of modern firearm season and i am still trying to figure out what he was up to! he came walking right up to me (30 yards) much more concerned with the doe right in front of him then me! i would have thought it was the middle of the rut the way his neck was bulging and his attention to the doe's assest. ;)
why am i posting this story under shed hunting you might ask?
well... along with this being the second buck of my life, he was also my first attempt at a European mount! i wanted my successful hunt to be commemorated and preserved with a beautiful wall mount for my house! my girlfriend (now fiance) and i spent a few days boiling, cleaning, picking and brushing this rack. what a keeper huh? we laughed. we joked and we almost vomited. haha!
anyway, after we finished the process i left the rack outside for a few days to air out before the final peroxide bath. bad idea. when i came home from work the next evening, the rack was gone. i literally was depressed for weeks as this was going to be a special decoration that my fiance and i would look at with fondness for years to come. but instead it was stolen and the only thing preserving the hunt is our memories.
i am hoping a local outdoorsman might find and be willing to part with a similar pair of sheds so i can have a relic from the hunt and deer-skull boiling experience with my fiance.
attached are a few pictures of the rack...
PM me with any questions or leads. thanks!
Post by: daydreamn on May 31, 2011, 09:50:48 PM
Post by: Shed Stud on June 01, 2011, 08:35:18 AM
Post by: shedcrazy on June 01, 2011, 08:55:54 AM
Post by: Alan K on June 01, 2011, 08:58:26 AM
My first buck's rack, a spike BT, went missing similar to this. We had cut the horns at a buddies place with a walk in cooler, and I sat outside on a 5 gallon bucket and was cleaning it up a bit while my dad wiped the hair off the meat. When he was done we went took it to the meat shop and I just left the antlers there by the bucket. You guessed it. . . When we got back they were nowhere to be found and my dad told me how much dogs liked them. I wanted to go on a rampage throughout the neighborhood. Never did find them. :bash:
Again, sorry to hear that. It looks like you had them strung up when you had it cleaned up, if it was out of reach of animals it may have been a scumbag who came by and ripped 'em off. :dunno:
Post by: gonehuntin68 on June 01, 2011, 06:36:43 PM
Post by: deadyote on June 01, 2011, 07:45:39 PM
Post by: CoyoteCowboy on June 02, 2011, 09:19:54 AM
and like deadyote said ( :yeah:) it is a lesson learned the hard way. wont make the same mistake when i slay a monster bull and buck next year!
Post by: Maverick on June 02, 2011, 11:20:14 AM
Post by: huntfor1 on June 07, 2011, 11:15:59 AM
Post by: shedcrazy on June 07, 2011, 11:22:21 AM
Post by: Widgeondeke on June 07, 2011, 11:55:25 AM
bummer of a deal. Hope you find an acceptable replacement.
Post by: arrowflinger on June 07, 2011, 12:14:28 PM
Post by: Jburke on June 25, 2011, 01:02:27 AM