az.antlerenthusiast Report post Posted April 23, 2009 Found this head last weekend. We went on a medium sized hike (10 hours) in a new to me area. We didn't score big on sheds but it takes a while to learn a new area. This head is about four years old and slightly crittered chewed, but can be easily restored to like new. Dont have any shed pictures but maybe antler head will send me some. This bull has a 25 inch 3rd which is out of place It would be my guess that this bull had a severe head injury when he was younger but whats to say for sure. I would also guess that a constant ear infection would plague this bull do to the constriction of the ear canal. I have heard of a couple other bulls with similar antler growth, both of which were very sick and frail before they died. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brian Payne Report post Posted April 23, 2009 Pretty Funky! Nice find! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jim Report post Posted April 23, 2009 Great find please post a pic after you restore it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GRONG Report post Posted April 23, 2009 Way nice!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coues Sniper Report post Posted April 23, 2009 That's freaking cool. I like weird stuff like that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZP&Y Report post Posted April 23, 2009 AWESOME - GNARLY GENE POOL! AZP&Y Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joeeden Report post Posted April 23, 2009 Great find! If a medium sized hike is 10 hours I have a lot of work to do! There are only about 14 hours of light per day right now amigo. I don't even want to know what a big hike would consist of. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mxslaugh Report post Posted April 23, 2009 That thing is freaky cool! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mangum Report post Posted April 23, 2009 Congrats. Great find. That's what I like, buy a good pair of boots and wear them out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZantlerhead Report post Posted April 24, 2009 Jason, heres a couple pics from larry's camera wich was acting up, as i lost the one i was carrying Hope i find it buddy, hard to have a bad day in the woods though...I did find 6 and left a few more wich made me feel better. Are your feet touchin the ground? The forkie coues head is around 90, my dad who was scouting allready for his bull hunt found that, I'd tag it!! Did ok on sheds, left a couple and a few pieces and some remnants of horns for the squirrels (hopefully bait um from chewin the browns)..... yeah right!. great find jason!! Guess larry liked this tree on his trek, not all the interesting and cool stuff out there must be an antler to be treasured and appreciated. That hill looks steep, way to pound the hills larry, just a matter of time as you told me before. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
az.antlerenthusiast Report post Posted April 24, 2009 Great find! If a medium sized hike is 10 hours I have a lot of work to do! There are only about 14 hours of light per day right now amigo. I don't even want to know what a big hike would consist of. The area we went in would normally be an over night stay. To antler hunt for 2 full days on the weekend is not uncommon for us. Go in very far and you spend half of the day just walking into your spot and back out again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coues Archer Report post Posted April 27, 2009 Wow. nice pick-up! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
az.antlerenthusiast Report post Posted May 18, 2009 Busted out the epoxy, Elmers glue, and dye to fix him up a bit. Filled all the age cracks with glue and ant. dust. Grafted on a piece of antler on the typical side where the 6 and 7 was chewed off. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gr8 White Jr Report post Posted May 18, 2009 That looks great! You did an excellent job restoring that bull! -Tracy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jim Report post Posted May 19, 2009 That turned out awesome. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
