COOSEFAN Report post Posted April 11, 2006 We snuck out again yesterday to go shed hunting. We started out looking for the bulls that my buddy Bret had found last weekend and then hiked around where they had been. We only found a few old small sheds there and then moved to one of the smaller hills. I went to one side with a good friend, Cary, and Bret went to the other side. Cary has hunted his whole life and has only found two elk sheds! He gets very frustrated about that and thinks he just has bad luck. This frustration has kept him away from shed hunting itself but still goes out once in a while. Cary and I were paralleling each other along the hill when I heard him hootin' and hollerin'! I thought he might have found one of the small brownies we usually find in that spot and figured the excitement in his voice was from finally finding a shed of any size. I ran to him and surprisingly found him holding up a beautiful brown set! He was extremely excited and definitely deserved the find! The funny thing is 5 minutes before he found the sheds, he picked up a horseshoe and stuck it in his pocket, hoping it would change his luck! I doubt he will ever part with that lucky horseshoe! JIM This is Cary with his first set of brownies, notice his lucky horseshoe in his pocket! This is Bret's son Jake, Cary and Bret's Brother Bart. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TwoGuns Report post Posted April 11, 2006 sweet sheds, congradulations on some great memories. great pictures too, are those the peaks all the way in the background? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZP&Y Report post Posted April 11, 2006 Start em' young... by the time he's an adult he'll have the F-E-V-E-R! Good job... Enjoyed the pics and the brownies! AzP&Y Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
COOSEFAN Report post Posted April 11, 2006 sweet sheds, congradulations on some great memories. great pictures too, are those the peaks all the way in the background? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yep, them are the Peaks. If someone were to try and find this spot by looking at these pic's, it would be easy if they've been around it before. I'm not worried about it though because everyone and there brother has probably hunted that unit at one time or other, it gets pounded in the fall. There is still some good stuff there though, but I don't particularly like the unit, it always feels "used and abused" there. Thanks, JIM Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coueskiller Report post Posted April 11, 2006 Looks like you were in 6A around hog hill and round mtn. Nice finds!!!! Geoff Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azsagebrush Report post Posted April 11, 2006 Looks like you were in 6A around hog hill and round mtn. Nice finds!!!! Geoff <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The Coueskiller made it back from the big state, welcome back. Let's go get em! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
COOSEFAN Report post Posted April 12, 2006 Looks like you were in 6A around hog hill and round mtn. Nice finds!!!! Geoff <{POST_SNAPBACK}> See, I said it would be easy to figure out where we were! Them pic's are about as good as GPS coordinates! I'm more careful in other units when taking pic's. There is guys out there that will work harder at finding YOUR spot than what it would take to find there own. like I said, that area is good, but it's obviously not a secret spot. The elk had been there, but it's a hard place to shed hunt because they move all around. You have to be on the right hill, at the right time to do much good, and even then, you'll most likely only find little "6a" sheds. That set Cary found is the best ones we've ever found in that unit. I believe you need to drop into some of the huge canyons around there to find some bigger sheds. The only way you'll get me to drop into them is if I had a Coues tag in my pocket! Thanks, Jim Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DEERSLAM Report post Posted April 12, 2006 Sweet pickup. I wouldn't part with horseshoe neither Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HEADACHE Report post Posted April 13, 2006 Now he's got the good luck. . . .! I'd steal his horseshoe, trade it out for another one, then see what kind of luck he has. . . . if it's no good, then you keep that horseshoe and try to draw a tag this year! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
COOSEFAN Report post Posted April 14, 2006 Now he's got the good luck. . . .! I'd steal his horseshoe, trade it out for another one, then see what kind of luck he has. . . . if it's no good, then you keep that horseshoe and try to draw a tag this year! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Good idea, but it would be hard to steal it because he probably sleeps with it! Finding those sheds was a big deal to him and he believes the horseshoe played a big part! Thanks, JIM Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
25-06 Report post Posted April 14, 2006 Now them are some good memorys to think back on as ya grow old Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
