More antler pics

[Bill M]

I posted a pic of these on the Maine forum but figured some of you guys might not have seen them. This is from the last 5 years or so of searching. Notice the deer in the background checking out what I am doing.

 

[deershed]

CONGRATS!!Some nice looking sheds in that pile!!How many hours or miles walking for your average shed?I would think those moose would be pretty spread out meaning alot of ground to cover.

 

[Bill M]

I would say probably 30+ miles of sledding and another 10+ of snowshoe and foot work per shed.

 

[Shag]

Man, that's aheap of work per shed....but no one ever said shed-hunting was easy. You notice Deershed didn't mention that he picked 13 whitetail sheds in ONE DAY last spring. It boggles my mind, but it's all relative I guess. The pedicles on those moose sheds are awesome, what a rush it must be to walk up on one of those. A true trophy shed in anyone's book. A few pretty sturdy looking deer sheds there as well. I notice a few of the moose sheds are "whiter" than others and some really fresh-brown. They look like they either lay in a sunny spot for a while or were dropped the previous year. Do you have much of a problem with squirrels ruining deer and moose sheds before you can get to them or not? The environment up there might not be really conducive to a lot of squirrels (porky-Pine maybe).

 

[Bill M]

We actually have plenty of red squirrels. The deer shed on the left was found last week and it hadn't been there for more than 2 weeks but had a couple of small "test" chewings on it. The whiter moose antlers had been laying out there in the woods for more than a year before I stumbled upon them. It is fun finding them but getting them out of the woods can be a pain. Sort of a labor of love I guess.

 

[Shag]

That's a pretty good looking spot you're in right there. Looks like an edge of a swale or "flow" where there's some alder, some browse, maybe some red osier dogwood and adjacent to some good conifer cover to keep some of the snow off the ground. That's nice looking country and I bet you're not running into a lot of other guys.

 

[Bill M]

I never run into anybody. Most guys are afraid of getting back into the woods. I carried those antlers for 2 miles by gps back to my truck.

 

[TJF]

Very nice pile of sheds and no doubt hard earned. Thanks for sharing the pictures as we do apperciate it.

Tim

 

[coyotebandit]

Someday I hope to have half the collection that you have. One of these years I'm going up north and look for Elk or Moose sheds.


Great Picture!

 

[YH88]

Thats a lot of sheds!! Congrats!!