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Other Activities => Shed Hunting => Topic started by: benhuntin on March 11, 2012, 10:10:41 AM

Title: Cool (but sad) find while shed hunting
Post by: benhuntin on March 11, 2012, 10:10:41 AM: Out of montana
Title: Re: Cool (but sad) find while shed hunting
Post by: buckhorn2 on March 11, 2012, 10:18:39 AM: If a person found something like that can you keep it or is it illegal.
Title: Re: Cool (but sad) find while shed hunting
Post by: NWBREW on March 11, 2012, 10:19:57 AM: Quote from: buckhorn2 on March 11, 2012, 10:18:39 AM
If a person found something like that can you keep it or is it illegal.

Depends on the state. Washington..NO.
Title: Re: Cool (but sad) find while shed hunting
Post by: elkh8me on March 11, 2012, 10:32:10 AM: Wow...great picture but like u said cool but sad what a waste
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Post by: JohnVH on March 11, 2012, 10:34:20 AM: why couldnt you keep that?
Title: Re: Cool (but sad) find while shed hunting
Post by: lokidog on March 11, 2012, 10:41:15 AM: If a tree falls in the woods and noone is there to hear it.... Cool find!

We have a salvage permit for our school so things like this can be picked up and kept. Anyone finds anything cool, that is not an endangered species, feel free to contact me.

JohnVH, I think the rule is to keep someone from poaching an animal and then coming by later to claim they just "found" it.
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Post by: doyourtime89 on March 11, 2012, 11:41:28 AM: wow crazy....wrong time, wrong place
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Post by: JCKILLSHOT on March 11, 2012, 12:05:54 PM: That's a once in a lifetime picture right there thanks for sharing. my mom works at northwest trek and she said that they had that happen to a bull there.
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Post by: Camp David on March 11, 2012, 12:11:56 PM: Great...but so sad...picture. :ACRY:
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Post by: h2ofowlr on March 11, 2012, 12:13:47 PM: Washington State allows only sheds to be retained, unless as mentioned you have some sort of permit otherwise stating.
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Post by: Jason on March 11, 2012, 12:22:48 PM: This picture looks really similar to a picture that was going around the Internet a few years ago.
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Post by: scottfrick on March 11, 2012, 12:24:20 PM: THat would be a sweet display to have at Cabelas or any other outdoor store!!
Title: Re: Cool (but sad) find while shed hunting
Post by: teanawayslayer on March 11, 2012, 12:52:21 PM: That picture has been around for a month or so or at least it was sent to my phone. I think it has been around for while
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Post by: D-Rock425 on March 11, 2012, 01:32:21 PM: A few years back bugle magazine did a whole photo essay on the subject I think they titled it when trees fight back.
Title: Re: Cool (but sad) find while shed hunting
Post by: huntnphool on March 11, 2012, 01:37:04 PM: Quote from: lokidog on March 11, 2012, 10:41:15 AM
JohnVH, I think the rule is to keep someone from poaching an animal and then coming by later to claim they just "found" it.

Yeah, a poacher would have had to have incredible timing to fell that tree to get that result. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Cool (but sad) find while shed hunting
Post by: Troutslayer on March 11, 2012, 01:39:44 PM: That is a cool and rare find. I believe that would count as natural winterkill here and yes you could keep it. I am not sure when that photo was taken but If it was recent I sure would like to find a spot with that little snow.
Title: Re: Cool (but sad) find while shed hunting
Post by: benhuntin on March 11, 2012, 01:45:56 PM: Just a pic from a cousin in montana not sure on the whole story thought it was worth sharin
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Post by: scottfrick on March 11, 2012, 01:48:48 PM: yea thanks for sharing "benhuntin"!!! Even if it is old and has been seen before, this was a first time seeing it myself. Thanks a lot!!
Title: Re: Cool (but sad) find while shed hunting
Post by: link on March 11, 2012, 05:40:30 PM: Of course you can't know for sure, but it looks like that bull wasn't crushed to death. Look at the space between the log and the ground. That bull could have lied there for days until it starved to death. :dunno:
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on March 11, 2012, 05:58:53 PM: WOW VERY COOL FIND. Looks like a heck of a good bull as well. Better a elk under there then a person. I have had trees come down why I was in the woods. Not very fun!
Title: Re: Cool (but sad) find while shed hunting
Post by: Arteman on March 11, 2012, 09:09:03 PM: Quote from: Troutslayer on March 11, 2012, 01:39:44 PM
That is a cool and rare find. I believe that would count as natural winterkill here and yes you could keep it. I am not sure when that photo was taken but If it was recent I sure would like to find a spot with that little snow.
Don't get caught with a winter kill skull here in Wa, can't keep them. You will get fined for it and it taken away. Amazing pic to the op, first time I've seen it also.
Title: Re: Cool (but sad) find while shed hunting
Post by: washelkhunter on March 11, 2012, 09:33:01 PM: Sad? Why?
Title: Re: Cool (but sad) find while shed hunting
Post by: Troutslayer on March 12, 2012, 06:10:59 PM: Quote from: Arteman on March 11, 2012, 09:09:03 PM
Quote from: Troutslayer on March 11, 2012, 01:39:44 PM
That is a cool and rare find. I believe that would count as natural winterkill here and yes you could keep it. I am not sure when that photo was taken but If it was recent I sure would like to find a spot with that little snow.
Don't get caught with a winter kill skull here in Wa, can't keep them. You will get fined for it and it taken away. Amazing pic to the op, first time I've seen it also.

Sorry I should have said here in Montana. My bad :sry:
Title: Re: Cool (but sad) find while shed hunting
Post by: predatorpro on March 12, 2012, 06:24:39 PM: Quote from: Jason on March 11, 2012, 12:22:48 PM
This picture looks really similar to a picture that was going around the Internet a few years ago.
yeh i seen this picture last summer
Title: Re: Cool (but sad) find while shed hunting
Post by: quadrafire on March 12, 2012, 06:29:18 PM: Quote from: lokidog on March 11, 2012, 10:41:15 AM
If a tree falls in the woods and noone is there to hear it....

I think about this everytime I am in the woods. I heard one fall a few yrs ago while conversing with a Tom Turkey on a windy day. Tree fell and he became silent, don't know if it hit him or just scared him off??????

Anyway, when I nap in the woods on a windy day, I make sure I am protected (just in case)
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Post by: Cuda on March 14, 2012, 01:06:12 PM: Pretty unbelievable. I guess I thought elk were a little quicker than that. I've seen plenty of trees fall and I would have though wild animals such as elk could out manuever them.
Title: Re: Cool (but sad) find while shed hunting
Post by: pianoman9701 on March 14, 2012, 01:38:35 PM: Quote from: NWBREW on March 11, 2012, 10:19:57 AM
Quote from: buckhorn2 on March 11, 2012, 10:18:39 AM
If a person found something like that can you keep it or is it illegal.

Not necessarily true. It's not roadklill. If you call your local WDFW LEO, he may let you take the head.

Depends on the state. Washington..NO.