Turkeygirl Posted April 1, 2006 Report Share Posted April 1, 2006 Well I found my second shed of the year, woohoo! It's not huge but any shed is worthy of recognition. I decided to just hike through the middle of a section of woods on the property I hunt near home. I'm walking along and come into a bedding area below one of our stands. I see a skeleton on a mound of dirt and walk over, then find that the skull is the skull of a buck that shed it's antlers then died! Here's a photo of that: I looked around a little for the sheds, not expecting to find them because the skeleton appeared to be about a year old at least. Well going back to the skeleton, I bend over under a branch and see tines sticking out of the leaves; I found one of the buck's sheds! Here's an as it lay photo: I decided then to take the skull home with me because I figure this is not a common find. It is odd that it shed then died, not sure why except maybe it was wounded. The shed is in awesome shape; a year on the ground and no rodents got to it. Here's a photo of the skull with the antler after I got home: Ignore the dates on the photos by the way; the camera is messed up. Hope you all enjoy the photos. I'm a happy camper right now I hope to get back to the arear and see if maybe I can find the other side, or even other sheds because it's a good area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slughunter Posted April 1, 2006 Report Share Posted April 1, 2006 Re: Great find today! looks like you had a fun day, congrats on the kool finds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Posted April 1, 2006 Report Share Posted April 1, 2006 Re: Great find today! Nice find, good luck finding some more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okbowman Posted April 1, 2006 Report Share Posted April 1, 2006 Re: Great find today! Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom2008 Posted April 1, 2006 Report Share Posted April 1, 2006 Re: Great find today! Nice find good luck finding the other half I bet it couldn't be to far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted April 1, 2006 Report Share Posted April 1, 2006 Re: Great find today! Cool find Ruth. I don't think that antler came from that deer though. The pedical on the skull looks kind of mottled like it died in the early spring when it was about to grow a new set. I found a dead deer in the summer and you could tell the antler wasn't hardened off yet, the end of the antler looked pourous, just like your picture. I guess we'll never know for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted April 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2006 Re: Great find today! Well the antler seems to fit really well into the pedicle so I think it's the same deer. Possibly not but being right there seems like a good possiblity it is the same, at least I think so, but who knows.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deershed Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 Re: Great find today! First,Congrats on your finds!! [ QUOTE ] Cool find Ruth. I don't think that antler came from that deer though. The pedical on the skull looks kind of mottled like it died in the early spring when it was about to grow a new set. I found a dead deer in the summer and you could tell the antler wasn't hardened off yet, the end of the antler looked pourous, just like your picture. I guess we'll never know for sure. [/ QUOTE ] I'm not saying the shed did or didn't come from that skull.When a buck first sheds an antler is the socket on the deer's head soft or is it already hard and heeled over?How many sheds are found that still have blood on them? I think when a buck sheds the socket where the antler once was is soft.If the buck were to die before it healed it would be pourous when dried. The locals upstate Pa. tell me when the elk shed some bleed like a stuffed pig from where the antler once was. If the pedicle on the bottom of the shed and the skull fit together tight I'd say it's a match.Who knows!! I found 3 sets off the same buck and all antlers were dropped within 200yds. of each other over those 3 yrs.The forth year I found a big bodied buck that had already shed 20yds from where 2 of the antlers were found.I left the skull hoping the elements and the critters would clean it up.When I went back to get it somebody else already took it. I believe it was the same buck that I had the 3 sets off of.I never found anymore sheds off that buck too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted April 3, 2006 Report Share Posted April 3, 2006 Re: Great find today! cool find. hard to say if the shed came from that buck. \it is kinda amazing no rodents had ate of the horn however. still a cool find no matter which way you look at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shed94 Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 Re: Great find today! Cool find's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 Re: Great find today! Great find Ruth! Shed94, welcome to the forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoytguy08 Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 Re: Great find today! thats pretty neat, good find Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomer Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 Re: Great find today! Nice find! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beagleboy Posted April 8, 2006 Report Share Posted April 8, 2006 Re: Great find today! awesome find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadHuntinPastor Posted April 8, 2006 Report Share Posted April 8, 2006 Re: Great find today! Very cool. Good luck finding the other one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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