Antlers Shed Hunting

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I know how you feel. Sometimes everything just looks bigger in the field. I remember one time I glassed up what I thought was the matching side to an elk shed. Could only see the tips until I got close enough. It was a whitetail laying just hidden enougn to fool me.

 

thats neat!! Ive found two so far. Ive seen a lot of bulls but havent found many antlers...theres a few that would be great but are hard to find considering their size and how many Ive seen..

 

I found a small 2 point and a spike antler today while trying to walk out a lion track, no pictures.


Side note:
My dog is to the point where I can take an elk shed 150 yards in the hay field on Tuesday and she’ll go find it Wednesday afternoon, she’ll sniff around till she finds it. But once she finds it she won’t go find another. She doesn’t realize there’s more out there.

Any ideas on how to fix this?

 

She has followed your scent to it and your scent on it. I cant get past that point with my dog. Will find anything I hide but watch him walk right over one when out looking for them. I guess I’m too dumb or maybe the dog has to make that transition all by himself?

 

more training...and rewards for finding

 

http://www.gundogsupply.com/dokkens...MIksH_ibuN2QIVFLXACh2JaweKEAQYBCABEgKu5fD_BwE

 

Try hiding several real close to each other. It may convince your dog to go back for the others and then search for more.

 

I walk out there a ways and then throw it, and walk back a different way. I know she follows it a little but after doing it a couple times I have a couple different scent trails.

But I see what your saying.

 

I refuse to spend 100$ on that . Maybe just the book, maybe.

 

theres lots of antler shed training videos/kits etc. sometimes it may help to get the "scent" of the antlers so the dog keys in on that more than your scent. They have bottles of that stuff.

http://www.cabelas.com/product/Dog-...Vx7rACh09GAzrEAQYAiABEgKKT_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

you tube videos are free

 

Wow, 116” is very impressive! I would estimate yours is in the 95-100” range. Even out here with mule deer, any antler in the neighborhood of 80” could be considered big, with 100”+ being a once in a lifetime find. If you could somehow get the other side, that would be a seriously valuable set of antlers! Matched sets that size can go for several hundred dollars

 

Do you have any pics of this shed? I would love to see it.

 

not a shed but found this bear skull fall 2016.

 

I like skulls. Thankfully the wife does too. Many of my bucks I have shot I turn into euro mounts. In addition, I’m an avid trapper. So, many of those skulls are utilized as well. Here is a bobcat skull that I did.

 

Yes. Just went over to his place to take a couple. I will send one asap

 

Ive got a few euro mounts hanging. Im definitely wanting a bobcat or mt lion. I cleaned up a mt lion skull for a friend so I got to see one up close and it was very cool.

 

Not the best pic. Dumb phone is all I have. It scores 113.

 

Awesome antler. Would love to have one like that!

 

Nice