GRONG Report post Posted December 21, 2012 Went out with a buddy of mine and his wife on Sunday to hunt for some whitetail. We saw some decent rutting action but no big bucks. I sat glassing and looked at a shed we'd seen last year with the Swarovski scope and realized it was nearly an 8pt so I thought about making the trek to get it this time. I continued glassing for wt and spotted what looked like eyeguards at 3/4 mi away in the bottom of the canyon. I put the scope on it and it was for sure a horn and it looked like a good one but they all do…. Man this pic does not look 3/4mi away thru the Swarovski scope but it sure was. 1000 vertical feet down too! I just happened to sit in the only spot where you could see it. 30 yards either way and I wouldn't have. So I bailed off the edge of the canyon and commenced to shorten the life of my knees yet again.... From the shed pictured above I went strait down the ridge to the bottom of the canyon then back up a side draw to where the other shed was at. Talk about a score!!! Soon as I saw it I realized I had seen the bull back in '05/'06 perhaps, called it into 40 yards and didn't have my video camera! Stupid!! All I knew was that this bull had the biggest top end I'd ever seen! I guessed the bull around 380 then with 2' long swords. I measured the beam on this shed at 53", the 4th at 24 7/8" and the 5th at 17 3/4". 29" of mass and an estimated 17" first eye guard and the bull would've scored around 382 with a 36" spread. The shed weighs 13lbs. I think this is my 2nd best ever shed in 25 years of looking for the dumb things. I have 2 pics of the bull alive on some trail camera pics somewhere if I can find em…. Enjoy the pics I plotted out my hike on google earth and I hiked right at 6 miles and dropped 1000' and had to hike back out of that hooker to get back to the truck. My tail was seriously dragging when I got there and my knees still feel like they're about to explode. HA!! I should be slapped for doing that hike! It was awful… Enjoy the pics Josh PS: Yes I do know I'm missing a lens cover for my binos Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigorange Report post Posted December 21, 2012 Nice! Awesome find... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yumabowhunter Report post Posted December 21, 2012 Sweet. Way to man up! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bonecollector Report post Posted December 21, 2012 Sweet find. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joelpresmyk8 Report post Posted December 21, 2012 That is such a cool find!!! Very cool!! I love the unexpected sheds Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coues Sniper Report post Posted December 21, 2012 Sweet shed. Atta baby. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted December 21, 2012 You are a STUD Josh!! Awesome find and trek! thx for sharing the adventure! post up those trail cam pics when you find them.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brian390 Report post Posted December 22, 2012 Nice find. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
257wby Report post Posted December 23, 2012 You can't replace the memories, but your knees, thats another story. Nice find. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Apache7mm Report post Posted December 24, 2012 Love those days! Awesome shed by the way man and for once good to hear some realistic spread credit, was bout to go insane from automatic 42" and up spread credits for 300-340 class sheds on other sites LOL DAN Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GRONG Report post Posted January 2, 2013 Oh man Dan, I totally hear you on that one. I hear 45-50" for a set of sheds constantly. I just say, look in the record books and look at the avg spread of similarly sized bulls. Anyway, hunters will be hunters. Can't wait to see some of your upcoming posts of your knee wrenching hikes as well Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SO I HUNT Report post Posted January 2, 2013 Nice Josh, by the way you're missing a lens cover hehehehehehe! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
