01-27-2008, 02:31 PM
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Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Macoupin Co. IL
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Illinois bucks are dropping bone!
Just last night I saw 5 bucks together. All had full racks. This afternoon I went out to take stands down and found two sides from two of those same bucks. Fresh blood on the bases.
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01-27-2008, 02:58 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Streamwood,Illinois
Posts: 776
RE: Illinois bucks are dropping bone!
I have been checking in my area northwest of chicago and only found a small fork antler possibly from last year seeing that it was already partially eaten and whiteish in color.
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01-27-2008, 07:40 PM
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Typical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 900
RE: Illinois bucks are dropping bone!
fulton,
Thanks for the info. We have not started looking at our new farm in Macoupin....Got any pictures? Good job!!
01-28-2008, 05:56 AM
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Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Macoupin Co. IL
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RE: Illinois bucks are dropping bone!
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fulton,
Thanks for the info. We have not started looking at our new farm in Macoupin....Got any pictures? Good job!!
I'll get some up as soon as i can. Im hoping to find some more this afternoon.(Monday)
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01-28-2008, 12:10 PM
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Fork Horn
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Quincy, IL
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RE: Illinois bucks are dropping bone!
found my first shed of the year this weekend in Brown Co.
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01-28-2008, 01:36 PM
#6
Typical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Illinois
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RE: Illinois bucks are dropping bone!
found my first while coon hunting, very fresh with blood covering the base and even a drop of blood in the snow! probably gonna start looking hard in a week or two!
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01-28-2008, 05:27 PM
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RE: Illinois bucks are dropping bone!
johnny,
Was it from this year?? Lets see some pictures, folks!
Have you fellas found that this time of the year is right around schedule?? Late? Early?
Thanks!
01-30-2008, 09:58 AM
#8
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Quincy, IL
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RE: Illinois bucks are dropping bone!
Yes it was this year. there was still a small amount of blood at the base.
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01-30-2008, 11:44 AM
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Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: St. Charles, Illinois USA
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RE: Illinois bucks are dropping bone!
My girlfriend found this skull on her first ever shed hunt with me last weekend in northern Illinois. Took her 15 minutes.
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01-30-2008, 11:46 AM
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Location: St. Charles, Illinois USA
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RE: Illinois bucks are dropping bone!
A bit nibbled on as it was from last season, but I am having it restored for her, to do a european mount.
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