Hunting Washington Forum
Other Activities => Shed Hunting => Topic started by: NOCK NOCK on April 19, 2020, 07:24:26 AM
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I have never found an elk shed, but then again I have never really looked that much for them. I have found hundreds of muley sheds however.
So my goal is to find at least 1 fresh elk shed. At 55 i aint getting any younger and the hills are getting harder every year.
So, where do I concentrate looking?
Scenerio; Huge country that elk migrate through from river bottom to 7000'. Put on 5+miles yesterday in what seemed to be perfect area/elevation, just below snowline, lots of sign, couple hundred elk within a 3mile radius, none had antlers, and came home empty handed(except for the ever present ticks, :chuckle:
Was I too high, too low, do bulls batchelor up in April, or do they stay with cow/calfs?
Pms prefered but willing for any and all advice. Thanks
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To high. :twocents:
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NN, I’m with you. I find elk sheds now and again, but I haven’t “figured it out” yet. I went out the other day in an area I’ve found elk sheds in before and I hiked my butt off. I did 8 miles in very up and down country. Tons of beds, fresh tracks, trails and pooh.. I even found a bunch of really fresh rubs. They had a bunch of hair on them and fresh sap running down the trees. I got skunked.
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You may have walked right by one. I have been hiking with friends and scanning the ground as I walk then hear a buddy exclaim "found one!" One hike I decided to walk to the left of a big bush, my buddy went right and found the biggest elk shed. Also there might be just antlerless elk using your area. The area I know best was once a bull mecca, but now seeing an antlered elk is rare. I went out there once this year before the state land closure and saw hundreds of cows and only two raghorns and maybe three spikes. Something changed in that area and I am not sure what.
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Pics or it never happened!! :chuckle:
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Three years ago. Last antlers I’ve found.
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Damn that's a nice LOAD!!! How long did it take you to gather those up?
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Four antlers one day. A small group of raghorns were shedding all at once. A guy searching the lower part of the draw found three or four. Haven't found any since.
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That’s so weird.. I wonder what changed? Beauty of a pack though!