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Stone Cold Team 3 4 Point Shed

Went out today and found a dead buck that shed his antlers already. I also found the match shed to my 74 incher. With a broken brow tine and two tips chewed off it is still a nice antler.

Nice finds and very nice buck! To bad you did not find him right away! You have him though!

I broke mine yesterday too! It was sure nice to get another one. Way to go!

Stone Cold scores again! Here is one monster shed!

Here is what I have found so far this year and heading out for a long walk this weekend to try my luck in the snow! http://www.realtree.com/forums/showthread.php?t=103694

On my walks to find sheds I found a 6 point left side on Feb. 25th 2008 and was happy to find it. At the time it had no meaning but a very nice shed. I did not think anything about it. I then got some trail cam pics of a very nice 12 point buck on Oct. 22nd and Dec. 8th of 2008. I was on the hunt for this fella to come up not even seeing him one time while I was in the stand. The next shed season came along and a few of my friends said that they have seen some deer that shed already. I decided to go for a short walk on Jan. 3rd 2009 to find out if any in my area where dropping. I was not even 50 yards into my hunt from my truck I found the 12 point set that was on the buck in my trail cam pics! On into the next hunting season I had my eyes set on shooting that brute if he came by. On Nov. 10th 2009 I got a trail cam pic of my buck again and he lost two of the points he had on his right side. I then had him at 25 yards at 7:45 am. I drew back my bow and stopped him in his tracks. I then let the arrow fly to hear a loud whap and watched the arrow fly over the back of the buck into the river. It was a clean miss and the buck ran off. He got to the top of the hill and looked back for a second then off he went. I then started talking to a guy that wanted me to score some of his sheds for him. I went over to his house and took my set with me. He then said "You will not believe this!" He then came out of a room with an antler that matched my right antler but was a lot smaller. After both of us decided that it was the same buck he gave me the antler due to mine being the bigger antler. I then started to look at my antlers to see that the 6 point that I found in 2008 had a lot of same curves and base curves like the others. The tines where the same and everything. I was just not positive. I looked all shed season for that set on the buck I missed with no luck! The next hunting season came and boy was it a good season. I did not see a really big deer until my hunt on Dec. 9th 2010. I had 4 does on me right at light. I grabbed my bow to try and get a shot on the bigger doe to fill my last either sex tag. When I turned in my stand it made some noise due to it being cold. It was only 1 degree out not counting the wind chill. A little bit later I noticed some legs on the same trail as the does came in on. Seeing that the does went on that trail to my shooting hole to my right I got into position to shoot at the spot again early so my stand did not make any noise. As the deer got closer I noticed a very nice rack. I then kept my eyes on the body of the deer and telling myself "Don’t screw this up!" I drew back and let the arrow fly! I then found him a bit later. I did not think about it for a while but then I was getting my antlers ready to be scored for the NASHC. I noticed that my buck had some similar characteristics as my sheds. I then took all my sheds and my bucks rack with me. The scorer also said that this is the same deer due to a lot being the same from the sheds to my buck. I was so happy to have sheds and the buck. Now he has a lot more meaning and I will probably never find sheds to a buck like I have with this one. Here are the sheds and my buck! I will put all in order that he would have grown!

Or if you do it like I do here in Illinois, I look through my bino's from the truck to see if I can see where they are grouped up and then will check that spot when snow starts to melt!

When I tried to get a salvage tag for it I found out that the deer might have been poached due to a complaint of shotgun hunters in that area. After some investigaton by the DNR they came and took the deer due to possible poaching. I am just the unlucky one to find it. I hope they give it back to me after the investigation. I am just glad that I shotgun 4 hours away so that I was not suspect number 1! I want to honor the brute in my house due to the trail cam I have of him. He roamed my bow hunting spot. Now I hope that he has passed his monster genes.

Did I miss the postings on Team 4? I dont see any sheds for them!

Here is all I got for today!

Wish we would go by inches I have three sheds that will make the NASHC Record Book! One is 64 0/8, 70 5/8, and 74 7/8 inches!

I guess I will get the party started! 4 Point Found 12-9-10! 4 Point Found 1-8-11! 4 Point Found 1-13-11! 5 Point Found 1-22-11! 6 Point Found 1-22-11! 5 Point Found 1-29-11! 5 Point Found 1-29-11! 6 Point Found 1-29-11! Many more to follow I hope! Best of luck to everyone! Hope we all find a ton of them!

Stone Cold Team 3 I guess I will get the party started! 4 Point Found 12-9-10! 4 Point Found 1-8-11! 4 Point Found 1-13-11! 5 Point Found 1-22-11! 6 Point Found 1-22-11! 5 Point Found 1-29-11! 5 Point Found 1-29-11! 6 Point Found 1-29-11! Many more to follow I hope! Best of luck to everyone! Hope we all find a ton of them!

I am looking to buy a smoker for doing deer sausage and sticks. What is the best that I would want for this? I dont want to buy one that I will not like! Any help would be great!

Redneck where did you get that one from? LOL Oh wait that is me! HE HE HE It is still my best I have! Bear look at page three and you will see what they look like and I have yet to have anyone say they did not like them! Hope you like and you will sure add it to your recipe box!

WOW Can I walk with you? That is really cool! Way to get it done!

I guess only a few of us want to play this year! That is sad!

It is really cool to have the kids go. My daughter went with me the other day. We did not find any but she really wants to find her own without dads help. LOL

Here is a photo of me holding my biggest typical shed to date! Woot Woot!

Well, I went out for a nice walk today with the temp at 4 degrees and flakes of snow falling! I was not even 10 minutes in my walk when I walked up on a nice 5 point shed! I then continued for about another 20 minutes and then I found a very nice 6 point! I then jumped my big herd and saw that there are more still carrying full or half racks. The 6 point is part of the big wide buck that I have been watching all year. I hope I am able to find the other side. I walked for 3 hours today before I had to head out of the woods. I scored both antlers and the 5 scored 64 0/8 and the 6 scored 74 3/8 total or 71 3/8 typical!

He was to ate up by the yotes to tell what claimed his life!

Here is my biggest shed ever and my best ever match set! The single big one is just over 76 inches and the match set both antlers are in the 70's. All my finds are whitetail.