2020 Shed Thread

[greenhorndave]

Found a couple good ones today. The largest was in the swamp and the others were on the upper third of a sand ridge. I always get into a bunch in this spot. The dry beds in the swamp were really nice nearby.
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[jac]

So yesterday I put on 5.7 miles found two sheds one shed was a match from the one I found last week 1/2 mile away. Look at the posted picture of one shed I found yesterday, look at the base, so much bone attached, has anyone ever found a shed with so much bone attached? I've found my share of sheds in my time but never one this weird.

I found one with a crazy base like that February 21. It was pretty fresh at that point and the blood was still red. I was half expecting to find the deer laying near by.

[Bigburner]

I have some pedical breaks on some bigger sheds that would leave you wondering. Usually on bigger ones where I think the weight of walking around with one side is uncomfortable and they force break it just to get it off their head. It leads to abscess down the road. I’ve done a lot of euros for folks and often time on bigger bucks I run into puss sacks under the skin around the pedical region and find that there will be a big fissure running right into the skull cavity wide open. And the brain abscess will start to do some weird stuff. We have a high frequency with that around here and I think it’s a regional thing that I found out from some published articles in the past. But here are a couple of crazy examples of what a bad abscess can look like either due to fighting or a bad break.and the one really screwed up the the antler growth.

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[Fryguy]

Found this dead head this morning. No history with this particular buck. I was afraid it was the one I was after last fall but this ones bigger. Just got permission for this property this past fall.

I ended up with a score of 173 even

[Fryguy]

Found 2 more today

[Beauford]

IMG_0378.jpeg - One of my friend's kid. Two different bucks

[Beauford]

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[bigbucks1234]

20 collective hrs of searching,,,, finally picked up a couple today on some public. Found them within minutes of each other on the same trail entering the field.

[tbunao]

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A few more from this past weekend. Im starting to see people post fresh elk sheds so it's almost time to switch gears and head into the elk woods

[Jackson Marsh]

Nice finds fellas

[Elite]

Found the sheds off my target buck this morning! The left side was found first, almost at the bottom of the hill going to a creek. The right side was found about 125-150 yards away. The right side was laying about 60-70 yards from a tree I hunted one morning in late December.

[greenhorndave]

Looks like a good one Elite!

[seazofcheeze]

Found my first 4pt muley side today.

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[Jackson Marsh]

IMG_0378.jpeg - One of my friend's kid. Two different bucks

Some mass on that guy. Great find.

[Hawthorne]

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I found a hanger today