Should of brought a shovel

Ive been hitting the hills hard for the past few weeks looking for fresh moose sheds in 4 feet of snow. Unfortunately the moose are about 5 miles back in and by the time I even get close my legs feel like they are going to fall off. I know where they have been hanging out and haven't been disturbed by anyone so ill let em lay till I can get up there on my dirt bike.
The deer haven't been dropping yet but getting close. Ive had my game cam set up and went to check it yesterday. 150 pictures of different phases of the clouds.. Nice, that 4 hours of hiking was sure worth it lol
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Altho about 400 yards away from the truck I was exhausted and dragging myself along when I seen a familiar looking sight.. 2 tines sticking out!
First shed of 2010.. How on earth ive missed this one for so many years. Im guessing it has to be 5 plus years old. It was buried about 10 inches underneath the dirt. Its not a freshie but a good start to the horn hunting season.
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MuleyMadness
You are amazing, and one tough woman. Hope you get the moose sheds first, sounds like you deserve them. As for the find, pretty cool and I think it's much older than 5 years. Looks like it could have been there for at least 10 years. But what do I know. (???)
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sneekeepete
Sounds like you are able to keep your self busy and in good shape during a slow part of the year. That is a cool find for sure. Makes you wonder how many bones get barried like that.
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fatrooster
Congrats on a great find. Thats very cool that you actually had to dig ot out of the dirt. Thanks for sharing your shed hunting with us. Goodluck on the moose sheds. fatrooster.
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camodup
That dang thing coulda bit ya!
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Bowhuntrben
Very cool! I can't wait to get out shed hunting..will be going this Friday. It would be awesome to find a moose shed, but we only have whitetails where I look...
Good luck finding some more sheds!
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NotEnufTags
Congrats AOW Very nice first find of the year. That's a good sized side. I ready to see lots of atl's in the coming couple of months.
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CodeRED
Sweet find, sounds like I need to start getting out more for shed hunting too.
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MULIES4EVER
That is pretty cool. I found on like that once.
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waynedevore
AOW, cool find :thumb I like the pic, showing how much was underground. Good big heavy bone to. Nice start to 10sign:
Keep at it, looking forward to the pics and stories.
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AntlersOutWest
Todays shed. Not too shabby 30 mins away from the truck
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Nice!! Wish I could get out, but with all the latest snow fall, it is making it deeper and deeper. Up to about 3+ feet now.. too deep to shed hunt in. Warm weather to melt snow can't come fast enough! Getting the itch!!
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Bowhuntrben
Awesome! How many sheds do you usually find in a day/year?
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AntlersOutWest
Depends on the year and the weather. Last year the snow melted fast and everything was so far spread out over the mountains it was hard to find them. I stopped counting at 150 last year
Found mostly singles. Depends on the area I go also, some areas its a armful everytime I go and others its far and few between but the bucks in those areas are the monsters like that last picture.
2 years ago I had been hiking for 6 hours didnt find a single shed and on the way back on my dirt bike seen something out of the corner of my eye. went flying down the road and decided to turn around to check it out just to ease my mind. Sure enough they were laying right next to eachother in the hay field.. 2nd biggest elk 6x6 set I have!
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Bowhuntrben
Wow! That is awesome!!! I have to move out west...I don't find many sheds around here....
Not a lot of public land compared to western states, so that gets picked over very fast. I need to find some more private land to look on :) It's still nice getting out even without finding a lot.
Do you look on private or public land or both?
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Turokman123
Dont step on it or your going to the ER lol
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