Sheds 3-16-08 ya another one
 

First day of the bow season, I had 3 bucks within 20 yards, that in previous years, I would have considered all shooters (all 3 were at least 3.5 year olds). Well one of the bucks didn't make it past the opening weekend, one of the guys we hunt with took him Sunday evening, ended up being about a 147 10 pointer. I had this one at full draw at about 15 yards, didn't take the shot.

I will call it the 2nd buck, I saw him on the 2nd to last day of late season for archery (which around here is also the end of the deer season) This one was with the above 10 pointer, he was at about 5-6 yards at the time, nice, super heavy, mainframe 8 with junk including a split G2 on the left side.

The last buck of this trio of deer I saw, well, had him at 15 yards, good angle, full draw, then again at 18-20 yards, drew twice on him, total time by me about 10 minutes.

Saw him again on the last day of bow hunting before gun season opened. Last time I saw him, thought he was gone until....



Thought this might be half, but wasn't sure until....





Yup, this was one of the guys that I chose not to take a shot at in the hopes he would make it through the season and he did, pretty jacked about this. Can't wait till June-July comes around to start doing some long range scouting on some local fields....




For our area, this is usually about as big as they come.......Hoping he don't play in the road this spring, cars and trucks are not nice to the deer in our area either.....

RE: Sheds 3-13-08
 

thats awesome, very interesting....rounded like that.

RE: Sheds 3-13-08
 

Unique set of sheds - great find!

RE: Sheds 3-13-08
 

Awesome find

RE: Sheds 3-13-08
 

god those sheds are sweet!

RE: Sheds 3-13-08
 

Compared them to some of the other sheds I have found this year, not the biggest, but I am still pretty stoke about seeing one of the deer that I 'let go' up close and personal.

Hoping I can find the other set from the one that I saw that day, and a very large 8 pointer I saw on the last two days of the late bow season, probably the largest buck I have ever seen on the hoof, except he had one antler broken off, probably pushing around 140-150 as an 8 pointer, if he would have been symmetrical and had both horns.

One more picture, shows in different tips on the ends of these antlers.

RE: Sheds 3-13-08
 

Some people got all the luck!!!! good find man......

RE: Sheds 3-13-08
 

Man, I'm getting sick and tired of seeing that washing machine and that one dollar bill doing all that posing. Share the love, come on.

That new shed is way cool. I've never seen anything that rounded out.

I'm jealous.

RE: Sheds 3-13-08
 

COOL!

RE: Sheds 3-13-08
 

Nice finds, looks like a good season for you.

RE: Sheds 3-13-08
 

Very nice sheds...and shed hunting dog??? cool stuff. good luck on him next fall..

RE: Sheds 3-13-08
 

Congrats on the sheds. Best of luck hunting him this fall !!

Tim

RE: Sheds 3-13-08
 

Working on it, but he is more of a fat house dog (along with his owner) that are out in the woods trying to make the winter fat go away. He usually only shows interest in the sheds only after I start snapping pictures of them.

RE: Sheds 3-13-08
 

Wiaxle, you are an inspiration.I haven't shot a buck with a bow since 02.It takes alot to hold off a buck like that hoping for something better. Had I not been holding a video cam I would have broke down this year.I was so intent on getting the chase on video I never picked up my bow.Good luck getting him this year.

RE: Sheds 3-13-08
 

Congrats on the find. It will be interesting to see what that little drop point turns into this fall.

I look forward to seeing some pics of the owner with you sitting behind him.;)

Good luck.

RE: Sheds 3-13-08
 

those are some cool looking sheds.....good job for passing him up

RE: Sheds 3-13-08
 

Those are some great sheds bud.

RE: Sheds 3-13-08
 

Best of the bunch for in the field pictures rest of them were small enough or buried in snow that they didn't show up that great, but if anyone really wants to see them i can post more, took 82 pictures :D:D

and these are all mine today, just me and the dog, 5.5 hours and a little over 11 miles, [:-]






Different bill and using the dryer, this a little better for ya, shawneeslinger[8D][8D]?

RE: Sheds 3-13-08
 

Man I went out today and came up empty again.

RE: Sheds 3-13-08
 

it's crazy how the round out like that

RE: Sheds 3-13-08
 

Went out to fix up a stand that had a oak limb fall on it today, we were going to get the limb off the stand then move it later this spring, well, the limb had worked itself free to the ground, and I told my dad that my wife really didn't want me out in the woods again so I had to say no to go out looking for sheds today.

Well........ walking back to the truck my dad found this (no woods pictures, wasn't expecting to be actually looking today yanno...)



Getting to be ridiculous this year, beginning to think every deer in the county is hanging out on the land, talking to landowners up to a couple miles away and they all say they have no deer sign......hoping the snow melts and starts dispersing the herd, woods are starting to look a little ragged....