MULIES SHED JOURNAL

[MULIES4EVER]

FIRST FIND OF THE YEAR CAME WITH A HUGE BANG. I WENT OUT TODAY AT ABOUT 2:00 PM TO TRY TO FIND SOME SHEDS. THERE IS STILL WAY TOO MUCH SNOW HERE FOR THIS. IT WAS KNEE DEEP IN SOME SPOTS.

I SAW SEVERAL DEER. I KEPT MY DISTANCE AS TO NOT DISTURB THEM. I NOTICED SEVERAL BUCKS THAT HAD ALREADY SHED. I HIKED RIGHT UP UNTILL IT STARTED GETTING DARK WATCHING FROM A DISTANCE.

ON MY WAY OUT I NOTICED A GROUP OF ABOUT 25+ DEER AND SAT DOWN TO WATCH FOR A MINUTE. I NOTICED A FOUR POINT BUCK THAT WAS STILL HOLDING HIS HEADGEAR. AS THE DEER MOVED DOWN THE CANYON I WATCHED THE BUCK MOVE THROUGH SOME TREES AND COME OUT THE OTHER SIDE WITH ONE ANTLER MISSING. I WATCHED WHERE HE WALKED AND HEADED DOWN DIRECTLY TO THE SHED HE JUST DROPPED.

THE DEER LEFT A BLOOD TRAIL FROM THE HOLE IN HIS HEAD AND I FOLLOWED. BLOOD TRAILING. FELT LIKE I WAS BOW HUNTING. I LOST HIS TRAIL AS THERE WERE TOO MANY TRACKS TO FOLLOW.

HOWEVER I STUMBLED INTO A SPLOTCH OF BLOOD AND THOUGHT HE MAY HAVE JUST DUMPED THE OTHER SIDE. I BACKTRACKED APPROX. 10 YARDS AND FOUND THE OTHER SIDE IN THE TREES.

I FORGOT TO TAKE AN AS IT LAY PICTURE ON THE FIRST ONE. SO I LAYED IT DOWN WHERE I FOUND THE SECOND ONE.

 

[MULIES4EVER]

MY SON TOOK THIS ONE OF ME AFTER I GOT HOME. THIS ONE SHOWS MY RECENTLY SHAVED NAUGEN.

 

[wmidbrook]

Okay Uncle Festor, awesome find!

Amazing that you actually witnessed the buck dropping....just amazing!

 

[MULIES4EVER]

UNCLE FESTOR????? OUCH.

 

[wmidbrook]

Sorry Dude....I couldn't help myself. I actually like it but it did remind me a little of Uncle Festor.
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[Kurtish]

Congrats! That's sweet to have witnessed the fresh drop...that's some effective shed scouting right there

 

[Predator 1]

Awesome story! Congrats on the finds!

 

[MULIES4EVER]

THANKS GUYS. I WILL GET OUT AGAIN LATER AFTER SOME OF THE DEER MOVE OUT OF THE AREA. HOPEFULLY I CAN FIND SOME OF THE OTHERS. I FEEL REALLY STRONG ABOUT NOT PRESSURING THE DEER THIS TIME OF YEAR. EVEN IF IT MEANS I LOOSE THE SHEDS TO SOMEONE ELSE.

I SAW SEVERAL GOOD BUCKS THAT HAVE SHED SO I AM SURE THERE IS BONE UP THERE WAITING TO BE PICKED UP.

 

[tychios]

sounds like you coulda used some snoshoes .... got me rethinkin some blood I saw sunday hmmm.

 

[Metdawg44]

Great story and pics. What are the odds that someone would witness and recover a deer shedding it's antlers. WOW!

 

[fossilman]

Great find

 

[MULIES4EVER]

IT IS VERY HARD TO CONCENTRATE AT WORK. I CANT WAIT TO GET BACK OUT. BRING ON THE HEAT. I NEED SOME SNOW MELTED SO THE DEER WILL MOVE BACK UP TO HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

 

[THE ROMAN ARCHER]

Mulies4ever you are so lucky to be in the right place at the right time to have a rare expieriance, thanks for sharing your story and photo's,

nice sheds..............tra

 

[deershed]

That's an awesome start to your season.

You can't pick them up any fresher then that.

 

[MULIES4EVER]

MY SON AND I WENT OUT FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES TONIGHT. WE HAD A GREAT TIME. WE MANAGED TO FIND A DECENT 2 POINT SHED AND A RACOON SKULL.

 

[Predator 1]

Nice!

Must feel good to get out with your boy! I love the coon skull pic!

Pred

 

[TazBux]

Great finds.Can't get fresher than that.WOW

 

[MULIES4EVER]

WENT OUT TODAY AGAIN AND HAD A GREAT DAY. WE FOUND 5 MORE. ALSO CAME ACROSS A LION KILL THAT WAS STASHED UP UNDER A TREE. I HAVE PICTURES TO POST BUT MY COMPUTER IS DOWN. I AM ON MY KIDS COMPUTER. IT IS NOT SET UP FOR MY CAMERA. SORRY I WILL UPDATE SOON.

 

[MULIES4EVER]

SORRY FOR THE DELAY. I AM UP AND RUNNING BUT I NEED TO GET A NEW PROGRAM TO CHANGE THE SIZE OF MY PICTURES SO I CAN UPLOAD THEM. I FOUND 2 MORE TODAY ONE OF WHICH IS MY BIGGEST THIS SEASON. HOPE TO HAVE PICS SOON.

 

[fossilman]