Am I jealous.. hell yeah. That is a hell of a deer. I would not see the motive behind a spring recovery on an archery kill from the fall. Unless it was shot with a shotgun and wanted to be ranked heigher as a bow kill.


Of the sheds I have the last three years since seriously looking... none found in timber in March were pristine. The only not chewed sheds I have found have been in watersheds or 100 yards away from any timber. Every timber shed has been chewed on. The first week in March I walked through an area that was all grassy following an well traveled game trail. I found a small 4 pt shed that day not to far off that trail. Next day had more time at lunch break and went to look the down hill side of that same timber. Right on that path and laying where I had traveled the lunch before was a really nice 5 point shed. It had already been chewed sometime between noon Saturday and noon Sunday. It would be a miracle if that buck went all winter without being chewed up. My humble opinion of course, purely based on experience and tiny bits of intelligence.