Found any antlers?

[Sledgehammer]

A few from this year. Nothing huge. Found a few smaller ones also. 

[bitty]

I found a small one Sunday afternoon 

[DT Fan]

Found a little one in my yard, in town. Squirrels must have drug it in, heavily chewed. Going to take the sharp edges off and donate it to a Golden Retriever I know. She loves antlers!

[88power]

co worker has found 6 full sets and i think a dozen total, first full set he found on December the 8th, earliest sheds i've ever seen or heard of nice sized 8, he was sitting in his truck eating lunch and saw the first one at the edge of a wooded area then found the other side in the wooded area maybe 6 feet away

[Dirt_Floor_Poor]

I picked some up tonight while running NH3. The picture is taken at night, but you can barely tell because of the LED lights on the Steiger. 

 

[Sledgehammer]

16 minutes ago, Dirt_Floor_Poor said:

I picked some up tonight while running NH3. The picture is taken at night, but you can barely tell because of the LED lights on the Steiger. 

 

Good one. Also a good tire poker so it’s a good thing you spotted it. 

[Snox38]

The first we have found this year. The snow is backing off enough to go. Youngest was proud of himself. He had packed it a ways out.

[DWV]

Found one last week mowing a field for first time this year but wasn't happy to see it four inches into my rear tractor tire.   

[bitty]

George found this one a few weeks ago while planting oak trees . Kinda neat to almost have a second g-3 growing on the outside edge of the beam . If that continues this year it will be interesting 

[Sledgehammer]

Brother found a rag horn elk set Monday afternoon. I was about 1/4 mile away and about 1000’ below him. We visited a friend in Wyoming. 

[ray54]

From reading here, it seem with White Tails it is common to find both antlers very near to each other. The Black Tail here it is very UNCOMMON to find both antlers. 

My son works for a large ranch that borders a 100,000 acre military base the state reintroduced Tuley Elk on the base 20 years ago. The Elk herd is growing very, very well. The Elk were started in a number of places about the same time. All herds are growing. 

With typical government attention to detail, to herd moving onto the ranch my son is at has vastly bigger antlers than any other Tuley Elk. So your guess is as good as any, as to why. This ranch has worked with Fish and Wildlife for 40 years for game enhancement. So they are able to get special tags for 3 bull elk a year. The word is out for a book Tuley Elk this is the place. The price for a tag is so good cattle numbers have been cut in half to insure plentiful elk numbers.

But back to shed hunting. It is fairly easy to most times find the second elk antler if you find the first. So do other elk subspecies tend to drop both more or less at the same time also? 

[Sledgehammer]

1 hour ago, ray54 said:

From reading here, it seem with White Tails it is common to find both antlers very near to each other. The Black Tail here it is very UNCOMMON to find both antlers. 

My son works for a large ranch that borders a 100,000 acre military base the state reintroduced Tuley Elk on the base 20 years ago. The Elk herd is growing very, very well. The Elk were started in a number of places about the same time. All herds are growing. 

With typical government attention to detail, to herd moving onto the ranch my son is at has vastly bigger antlers than any other Tuley Elk. So your guess is as good as any, as to why. This ranch has worked with Fish and Wildlife for 40 years for game enhancement. So they are able to get special tags for 3 bull elk a year. The word is out for a book Tuley Elk this is the place. The price for a tag is so good cattle numbers have been cut in half to insure plentiful elk numbers.

But back to shed hunting. It is fairly easy to most times find the second elk antler if you find the first. So do other elk subspecies tend to drop both more or less at the same time also? 

Elk are more typical to drop both fairly quickly due to the weight from what I understand. Whitetail at home will sometimes drop together but have been known to pack one for weeks after the first drops. The larger they are the more likely to drop close to the same time. 

[TeachersPet1066]

Replanting for my father on Tuesday.

I had started this field in the spring and he took over when I had to take the boys to practice.

About 12 rows up from where I had quit this spring looked down and saw this 3 point.  Fortunately didn’t get a tire this spring or during replant.

My boys during their shed hunting this spring had looked all through a small patch of woods near this field - was probably 40 yards from that woods.

[nomorejohndeere]

close call

 

[Captian Kirk]

I only found half.

 

 

[Alan Dinan]

I found a set yesterday, but they were still attached!! lol He jumped up about 20’ from me and he was almost out of sight by the time I got my phone out

[Loadstar]

Found a small moose antler in May but can't find the picture. Last year I found a complete elk skeleton. 

[Sledgehammer]

Took a little drive today. My son was sick and home from school. We had worked on homework for a few hours and he was starting to feel better so we went for a little drive. It’s early and most bucks are still wearing their antlers but I’ll take it!

[Bgriffin856]

I always keep my eyes open for them but never found any before. Until I found this little one back in November in the feed manger I think it came from some balage we bought this fall from a neighbor. I was beyond excited 😂😂 had to brag to the one Amish family I'm kinda friends with who are big into shed hunting 

 

[bitty]

I almost found a shed but it's not quite a shed .... I saw it just off the road a little bit from the house where they commonly cross . Small dirt road and someone must have hit the buck as this antler was broken off the main beam. For a small antler it has some webbing near the end 

[hobbyfarm]

Seen one of the usual buck Saturday afternoon.  Still had his antlers.  Never really looked for sheds but found one with the discbine last year.  Sliced a point clean off of it.  

[Sledgehammer]

Most here are still wearing their horns. I got lucky with an early drop. Found another small one yesterday. 

[Lazy WP]

Here are 3 I found years ago. It still amazes me what you can see when you train yourself to look for them. 

[Farmer B]

My middle son found this skull last Friday, and my youngest found this set of sheds yesterday at work.

[Sledgehammer]

Snow is melting here today. Worked last night and went looking for a while after I woke up.