BC shed hunting

Hi all, I've been lurking for a while so its finally time to contribute. Here are some sheds I found in the last week. Very exciting to find a bigger matching set. I found a little honey hole where the boys have been dropping. Waiting for the snow to go before I go back and try to find some matches. 12 so far and only one pair. At least its the big ones.

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bigbuck92
Great pics. Thanks for sharing and welcome to the site :thumb
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MuleyMadness
Sweet pics, welcome to the Madness. :thumb
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Thanks for the warm welcome. After posting this this morning I was so pumped I had to take off early and head out for another hunt. Covered a lot of ground with no success even though I was in a great looking area. On the way back to the truck I finally saw a two point sticking up in the grass. Went to grab it and it was a little bigger than that! Pretty stoked on this bad boy. Will try to clean it up and see how she looks. Still in great shape with no chews or marks on the bone.

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Nice. Welcome to the forum and thanks for the pics.
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Sweet pics!
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dahlmer
Love that dead head.
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Was having a hard time finding any new sheds for a while but managed to pick up one as fresh as you can get. Snow white base and blood. Did not find the match. He may be wearing it still. I did find a big grow op and a back pack full of medicine. Better to find it now then in Sept..

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Nothing like hiking for 6 miles with no luckt and finding sheds close to the truck that some one left on a fence. Chewed to rat shit though.
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Heres a few pics from the last few weeks.
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MuleyMadness
Awesome pics, THANKS!!
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Went for a hike last weekend and found a nice big 2 point as well as taking a nice little black bear. You never know what your going to run into out there.

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Huntnfool7
Awsome finds. And thats a cool colored bear
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Here is my haul so far this spring. Did pretty well I think considering how hard this area gets hit. I tried some potassium permanganate on a few white ones to see how they would look and was a little dissapointed with the results. They look like they were done with cheap brown paint, you can see in the pic with the three sets. The bottom set has three coats, the middle is natural and the top bigger set has one coat. No matching that beautiful natural brown.
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A few more shedding pics.
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Huntnfool7
Those are cool pictures. What do you use for a camera?
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MuleyMadness
That wood chuck pic is awesome. lol
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killerbee
I Wonder how I missed this whole post?
super cool- looks like a great year!
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"Huntnfool7" wrote:Those are cool pictures. What do you use for a camera?
 Hey Huntfoot. I am using a Pentax K200D with an older 80-320 pentax zoom. The lens is great right around 200-250 but looses some clarity higher up. Pentax are great hunting fishing cameras as they are sealed very well and have the WR(weather resistant) series of lenses. I am upgrading to a new 400 mm lens as soon as I have a spare $1200 around, so maybe never the way things are these days!
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That chuck is HUGE!! You've made quite the haul this year!
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2013 shedding is now in full swing around Beautiful British Columbia. Guys are pounding the bush but lots of reports of the odd buck still packing,. It makes it a challenge to rework areas hoping to find a late dropper. Here are a few pics from my last few hikes.

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You guys down south don't see to many brown ones from what I see online.
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Such great color on your sheds up North. I love it! A lot of the deer in my area have really light antlers. They are almost white when they hit the ground other than a little color at the base. Keep it up.
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MuleyMadness
Been out a couple of times and yea I can't find any FRESH browns. I also like the color of the dark antlers.
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WOW furburger.. thats incredible what u been finding.. u either hike a hella lot or ur hiking in some pristine virgin shed hunting grounds where nobody else goes ha.. i wonder what state ur in? excellent shed finds man i hope u find more and keep posting em up
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Wapitistalker, the title says BC... So I'm guessing that means British Columbia.
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gizmo1
Great pics!
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"wapitistalker" wrote:WOW furburger.. thats incredible what u been finding.. u either hike a hella lot or ur hiking in some pristine virgin shed hunting grounds where nobody else goes ha.. i wonder what state ur in? excellent shed finds man i hope u find more and keep posting em up
 Thanks Wapiti, lots of hiking is the key. I am lucky that my town, Kamloops, BC, is right in the middle of some incredibile deer country. mulies and whities. I can head 15 min any direction out of town and be in good looking areas. The whitie sheds are harder to find than the bucks are! I did ok so far this year with three sets but the big set still eludes me.
My buddy found a nice set he figures is over 200 so they are out there. He will do 30 k hikes (20+ miles) in a day so you have to put the miles in. The ticks are out like crazy now so that can sap your enthusiasm to get into the thick bush. Here are a few more shots.

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Looks like you are having a better season than me. I've burned a ton of boot leather with very very little to show for it.
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Howdy Folks. Well, it's been another fun spring of hiking looking for sheds around my town in British columbia. I've had some decent success with three sets so far and a bunch of moldy oldies. It was a fairly mild winter here, lots of snow up top but it came late and it was not the coldest on record, thats for sure. We got off pretty lucky up here compared to the arctic mess you guys had in the States. I've had a tough time finding freshies this year and I think its because the warmer winter allowed the deer to stay up higher. Just a theory. Here are a few finds from this spring and a quick vid of the Mulie I shot in October.

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MuleyMadness
Nice pics, pretty country you have up there. Nice buck to! :thumb
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