Does this happen often?...

Yesterday while out on a fair hike (hunt) I ended up walking right up on this. At first I figured that someone had stuck it up there, but the more I thought about it, the less likely it seemed. The area is quite a ways from roads and right on a decent game trail. There were no other human tracks around and I don't figure anyone has been in there. There are some pretty big bears about over here and most folks are just plain scared to head into the woods until about this time of year for fear of being a story in the newspaper.

Is it possible that last spring a stag was trying to get that thing off his head and used a tree for a little help and ended up sticking it? Maybe this is fairly common? I have been finding lots of sheds here, and I have came upon quite a few back home, but I've never heard of one being in a tree.... What do you guys think? :-k
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MuleyMadness
Very cool pictures, thanks for sharing.

Considering your description, I agree with you...sounds like he used the tree to help free the antler and it managed to stay stuck.

Cool!
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bigbuck92
thats cool. i think i agree with you guys
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yeah that's normal...I found a shed in a tree once with some dried-up velvet stuck on some twigs, but i couldn't get it out. i actually saw the buck in the woods by my home...he was rubbing on the tree pretty violently and the antler popped off. the poor buck almost fell over because of the loss of balance. so yeah that's almost definitely what happened.
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Utahbowhunter
i found a deer shed in a tree.
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chet
me too
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kadejones2
not me
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sometimes in spring when we look for our cattle on horse back I find sheeds and put them in trees so I can come back for them but usually I never go back unless there is a lot or if there worth going back for
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