Recent find

[ready2hunt]

I was out in an old go-to spot. FINALLY found a shed for the largest buck in the area. Don't know if he is still alive though. I dedicated my cams to a different area and haven't seen him or any new sheds. This one is a couple seasons old but he is certainly a shooter. On a side note- this area has COMPLETELY changed in the past 5 years with the # of tags offered now. I used to get 5-6 DIFFERENT bucks on my cams and spooked deer every time I went into this area. Now, I see a couple of does and have only seen a couple of bucks- one is a spike. Pretty sad to see an area change so dramatically in such a short amount of time just because of excess tags.

 

Here are a couple of cam pics from a year ago.

 

 

[ready2hunt]

a question for any of you shed gurus-

 

all the sheds I find are just porous at the base and recede into the antler just a little....does it look like this one broke from the skull or is that little hanging part normal??

[JLW]

a question for any of you shed gurus-

 

all the sheds I find are just porous at the base and recede into the antler just a little....does it look like this one broke from the skull or is that little hanging part normal??

I have a couple smaller sheds like that.... looks like it was shed normally... but I'm no guru

 

James

[Non-Typical Solutions]

Of the sheds I have held in my hand.....deer sheds seem to have that protruding portion more than elk. I am amazed at how con-vexed some elk antlers bases can be as it looks like it would really hurt.

That picture does appear to have an excessive amount protruding but really tough to tell if it is just broken off or a natural shed........I have seen some though that really do protrude out there. Not that I am a guru......just have held a few.

[NM_Shedder]

I would say it was just shed like that. I have a few in my collection that look worse and are naturally shed. I big indicator is if the bottom is totally rough and doesn't apear 'broken' it is just how it is natually.