Today is my lucky day!! X2

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Re: Today is my lucky day!!

Unread postby strutnrut716 » Mon Mar 19, 2018 1:04 pm

Congrats on putting your hands on those ! Very nice ! :clap: :clap:


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Re: Today is my lucky day!!

Unread postby PredatorTC » Mon Mar 19, 2018 1:52 pm

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wolverinebuckman wrote:Nice find! Were they in bed, or on the trails, where did you come across them?

Near bed but on trail. Basically in the staging area. There are 25-30 rubs in a small area of the island.



Cool find! I find a lot of them in areas like that. Seems like they tickle and spar and lose their antlers in this way. Maybe what happened?
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Re: Today is my lucky day!!

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Dewey wrote:
Jackson Marsh wrote:Awesome find Dewey :clap: :clap: :clap:

I'm the worst shed finder ever :lol:

I’m about 95% sure these sheds are from the buck I missed on Jan. 1st. Found the them about 25 yards from where he was when I shot. Pretty cool if it is......complete miss and I still get the rack. 8-)

I just put a tape to the sheds and estimating with a 17” spread the sheds are right around 130”. Thought the buck I missed was a 140” 10 pt but this one is a 9 pt. No mistaking the bright white rack. Almost positive it’s the same buck. Wouldn’t be surprising that my 140” estimate was a little higher thinking he was a 10 pt.



130 on public is a stud! Maybe 145 next year ;)
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Re: Today is my lucky day!!

Unread postby Tim H » Mon Mar 19, 2018 1:58 pm

Awesome find Dewey! They will look great next to him when you kill him this fall!
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Re: Today is my lucky day!!

Unread postby Marshbuster89 » Mon Mar 19, 2018 2:00 pm

Nice find!
How bad do you want it?
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Unread postby Horizontal Hunter » Mon Mar 19, 2018 2:18 pm

Very nice matched set.

Hopefully you get to collect the new set this year before they hit the ground.

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Re: Today is my lucky day!!

Unread postby Dewey » Mon Mar 19, 2018 2:27 pm

PredatorTC wrote:
Dewey wrote:
wolverinebuckman wrote:Nice find! Were they in bed, or on the trails, where did you come across them?

Near bed but on trail. Basically in the staging area. There are 25-30 rubs in a small area of the island.



Cool find! I find a lot of them in areas like that. Seems like they tickle and spar and lose their antlers in this way. Maybe what happened?


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This shed buck was on my cam......could it be him? :think:

My cam is facing towards where the sheds were found about 30 yards in the background. Never got a pic of the buck carrying his antlers. On this same day I had six different bucks show up at my camera at the same time. This is the only one that shed. Did he just loose them while sparring with one of the other bucks??? :think:
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Re: Today is my lucky day!!

Unread postby Uncle Lou » Mon Mar 19, 2018 3:27 pm

nice Dewey. Hope you hangem on the pole next year
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Re: Today is my lucky day!!

Unread postby Lockdown » Mon Mar 19, 2018 3:46 pm

PredatorTC wrote:
Dewey wrote:
Jackson Marsh wrote:Awesome find Dewey :clap: :clap: :clap:

I'm the worst shed finder ever :lol:

I’m about 95% sure these sheds are from the buck I missed on Jan. 1st. Found the them about 25 yards from where he was when I shot. Pretty cool if it is......complete miss and I still get the rack. 8-)

I just put a tape to the sheds and estimating with a 17” spread the sheds are right around 130”. Thought the buck I missed was a 140” 10 pt but this one is a 9 pt. No mistaking the bright white rack. Almost positive it’s the same buck. Wouldn’t be surprising that my 140” estimate was a little higher thinking he was a 10 pt.



130 on public is a stud! Maybe 145 next year ;)


x2... or possibly much more than than that. Buck I killed in 2016 went from about a 130" 3.5 to a 160" the next year. Wouldn't have recognized him if it weren't for some missing hair on his side. Funny thing was his rack was nearly identical from 4.5 to 5.5. :think:

Never know Dewey he could blow up!! 8-) Nice find and good luck getting after him!
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Re: Today is my lucky day!!

Unread postby WV Bowhunter » Mon Mar 19, 2018 3:54 pm

Nice find Dewey!!
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Re: Today is my lucky day!!

Unread postby Hawthorne » Mon Mar 19, 2018 3:58 pm

Nice find! Hope you get him this season
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Re: Today is my lucky day!!

Unread postby Haus86 » Mon Mar 19, 2018 11:16 pm

That’s an awesome find Dewey!
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Re: Today is my lucky day!!

Unread postby bigbucks1234 » Tue Mar 20, 2018 6:52 am

Awesome finds Dewey!!!! Thanks for sharing. Like already said hopefully you can get the new ones hooked to a skull plate this fall. :dance:
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Re: Today is my lucky day!!

Unread postby Dewey » Tue Mar 20, 2018 7:08 am

bigbucks1234 wrote:Awesome finds Dewey!!!! Thanks for sharing. Like already said hopefully you can get the new ones hooked to a skull plate this fall. :dance:

That would be cool. Hopefully he’s a homebody and sticks to that island. It a mile from the mainland and everything he needs is out there so he has no reason to leave. Deep water will be my toughest obstacle for getting out there early season. Hopefully we have a relatively dry summer.

It was pretty crazy how I was standing right in the spot he was when I shot just visualizing everything then took a few steps in the direction he came from and spotted the sheds right out in the open. I just had a feeling immediately it was the same buck as soon as I saw the sun bleached sheds. Still in shock that I found them. Almost like it was meant to be.
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Re: Today is my lucky day!!

Unread postby hunter_mike » Tue Mar 20, 2018 8:30 am

:dance:
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