Guest BCBOY Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 For those of you that got to see the pics in Part 1, you got lucky. For the rest of you, look for them in the Canada/Mexico issue of Muley Crazy due out soon. I first saw MassNTrash the winter of 2001/2002. He was a 5x4 with a nice inline on his one side. I figure he was 3 years old. This was the only year I saw him often. I found his inline side that spring not far from where I was watching him. The winter of 2002/2003 was very very mild. There was virtually no snow and the bucks didn't come down. They wintered at mid to high elevations and wintered good. So I didn't see hide nor hair of MassNTrash that year. The winter of 2003/2004 I caught MassNTrash one evening in Dec and that was it. He disapeared and didn't show himself again. It was just before dark, I had a crappy video camera filming through my spotter and the footage is really bad. He had inlines and extras on both sides. I knew he was over 200 inches, but that is about all I knew. I looked hard for his sheds that spring to no avail. The winter of 2004/2005 I caught MassNTrash on the exact day I had seen him the year before. Again, just before dark. I got some rough footage of him but not what I wanted. The next morning I caught him up feeding and got some half decent footage through the spotter. He fed for a couple of hours and then went into a patch of conifers never to be seen again. I searched high and low that spring and came home again empty handed. A week to the day I found his 2005/2006 set, I went into that same area and thought I'd have a look for his previous sets. With the rodents and thick timber I thought my odds were slim at best but I found a couple old green sheds, so I thought maybe at the very least I'd find some other tine. I was combing back at forth and something caught my eye about 40 yards downhill from me. The Binos came up and the white of a chewed shed came into view. I walked over to it and almost died. I could not believe I had found MassNTrash after over a year of looking hard for him. He's chewed up pretty bad but that's shed hunting in this part of the province. Even if I had of pieced the puzzle sooner, he'd probably still been chewed. Something about that 'Fresh' tine that those rodents just love. I started circling, thinking that with that heavy weight there is no way he'd pack his other side far. But, this timber is thick so I came home without the match. The next weekend I went out with one focus, and one focus only, to find that match. I went into the timber and headed for the location I had found the chewed shed the week previous. I approached the spot from a different angle and low and behold there was the match less than 50 yards from where I found the chewed shed. Less than 30 minutes of looking and I was stoked!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LDB Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Re: MassNTrash (Part 2) Awesome finds! I can see why you would eat a tag or two holding out for that guy. Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow32 Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Re: MassNTrash (Part 2) Great finds! Now that is what i call big sheds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardwood_HD Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Re: MassNTrash (Part 2) Great finds, i sure wish we had mulies around here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 Re: MassNTrash (Part 2) Wow. That's some bone. Thanks for sharing your great pics again. Say hey to Moosie from all of us, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest outdoorgirl Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 Re: MassNTrash (Part 2) great find......i always love your pictures....good luck on getting that monster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hunter101 Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 Re: MassNTrash (Part 2) how much did these sheds score???? thosse have a ton of mass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_MD_ Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 Re: MassNTrash (Part 2) What a sweet find!! Congrats sounds like a needle in the hay stack hunt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BCBOY Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 Re: MassNTrash (Part 2) Estimating tine length of the chew tines (pretty easy to do since I have still pics and video) the left antler scores 104 inches. The right scores 97 7/8. Add in the inside spread and this buck would be right around 225. Here are a couple pics of MassNTrash's 2003/2004 matched set. My buddy found them laying on top each other. The mass and hints of extras all seem to match the other sheds and there is one little point at the base that matches perfectly to one of his other antlers. The rodents are brutal here but it's something I've learned to live with. At least I don't have to kill myself looking for this set anymore and I can say I have 4 years off this buck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom2008 Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 Re: MassNTrash (Part 2) That is one cool buck congrats on the sheds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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