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Kendra
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Anyone hunt for sheds in the BW or elsewhere?
What's the most you've found?
Anyone use a dog?
What's your favorite month to hunt them?
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Kendra
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quote PINETREE: "Found three different moose sheds this week."
In the BW? Or where?
Nice finds!
What do you do with them?
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PINETREE
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quote fitgers1: "quote PINETREE: "Found 2 more sheds of moose this week for a total of 5 moose sheds in the last couple of weeks,in the same area my nephew found a 10 point buck with horns attached to a skull. Prior to this time I have found about 2 moose antlers in my life."
Wanna sell me one?"
A delayed answer,I just like to keep them and it brings me back to where I found them. Thanks tho.
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inspector13
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I don’t necessarily hunt for sheds, but have come across two different ones while cutting trails. Both I found in March. I have also come across antlers still attached to the skull of a winter killed deer. I did not take those.
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walleye_hunter
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You can buy fake skull plates for mounting sheds at Gander, Cabellas, and such.
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PINETREE
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I have some monster elk sheds from out west. Minnesota I have found very little. A friend had a dog who would find some nice antlers each year.
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PINETREE
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Bigpaddle- it sounds like to me it was a area in the hard winter they might of died there naturally. Why the antlers still attached and not shedded ? In a hard winter my brother found a spot where about a dozen deer died of starvation. They were not touched by wolves etc..
You go back to 1995-96 90% of the fawns and 50% of the adult does died because of starvation in a area just south of Longville MN..
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Kendra
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I forgot I had this picture. I had taken this last June in SD. This truck was parked outside a little store with no one around. My guess is they are sold for ornamental goods. How many miles do you have to walk to find that many sheds?! 
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fitgers1
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quote PINETREE: "Found 2 more sheds of moose this week for a total of 5 moose sheds in the last couple of weeks,in the same area my nephew found a 10 point buck with horns attached to a skull. Prior to this time I have found about 2 moose antlers in my life."
Wanna sell me one?
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walleye_hunter
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This was my biggest shed of the spring. It might not look like much but it is a bit over 5.5 inches at the base so he was a real heavy antlered deer. I looked around a while for the other half but no luck.
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PINETREE
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Very nice,I found one 4 inch spike. My nephew got lucky and found antlers from both sides from a nice 10 pointer. I keep looking but never find any.
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Kendra
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I was out today looking for sheds and came up with nothing. May be a bit early I'm not sure. It was a good reason to get out and hike though.
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PINETREE
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They should be out there now. Just guessing but 90 percent should of shedded by now. Seen a few as late as April holding antlers before. The north shore slopes would be a good area to look. I think in my area not to many big bucks survive anymore,so it makes it tough hunting for sheds. I looked up by Longville and south of Brainerd this year. Good excuse to get outdoors.
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fitgers1
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quote 1BigPaddle: "On a trip into a PMA this this past July we found an interesting find. we were fishing along this vertical rock wall which must have been 300-500yrds wide. but right in the middle was a chunk of rock that must have fallen off, and was only 2 feet above the waterline. but on this 30x20 slab of rock there were at least 5 different sets of deer skeletons. we counted 5 rib cages, legs bones all over, 3 doe skulls and 2 buck skulls both still had antlers attached. everything had been chewed on and most were broken. I can only imagine it was an area were the wolves must have cornered the deer during the winter. very cool too see."
That would be quite the sight to see. Which PMA/lake?
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fitgers1
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I've been out twice now this spring looking and haven't found any. I had a nice 10 point on one of my trail cams on Jan 2. I was hoping to find his sheds. Only had him on camera though that one day so I suppose he was walking through to other shedding grounds.
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fitgers1
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I wish I could find a moose shed. I'm lucky to see a moose with pre-sheds. I think 99% of the moose I have seen have been antlerless.
I co-worker was up recently and found a really nice big shed in some muck.
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PINETREE
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Found 2 more sheds of moose this week for a total of 5 moose sheds in the last couple of weeks,in the same area my nephew found a 10 point buck with horns attached to a skull. Prior to this time I have found about 2 moose antlers in my life.
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PINETREE
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March 23rd and I am batting zero this winter in finding deer sheds around my home town area. I knew where a couple of big bucks which survived the deer season were,but that didn't help any. I have a good time looking on skis or snowshoes lately. That's the most important thing.
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1BigPaddle
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I dont have any pictures, we didnt have a camera with us while we were fishing.. Would have been really neat though.
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1BigPaddle
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On a trip into a PMA this this past July we found an interesting find. we were fishing along this vertical rock wall which must have been 300-500yrds wide. but right in the middle was a chunk of rock that must have fallen off, and was only 2 feet above the waterline. but on this 30x20 slab of rock there were at least 5 different sets of deer skeletons. we counted 5 rib cages, legs bones all over, 3 doe skulls and 2 buck skulls both still had antlers attached. everything had been chewed on and most were broken. I can only imagine it was an area were the wolves must have cornered the deer during the winter. very cool too see.
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Kendra
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quote 1BigPaddle: "On a trip into a PMA this this past July we found an interesting find. we were fishing along this vertical rock wall which must have been 300-500yrds wide. but right in the middle was a chunk of rock that must have fallen off, and was only 2 feet above the waterline. but on this 30x20 slab of rock there were at least 5 different sets of deer skeletons. we counted 5 rib cages, legs bones all over, 3 doe skulls and 2 buck skulls both still had antlers attached. everything had been chewed on and most were broken. I can only imagine it was an area were the wolves must have cornered the deer during the winter. very cool too see."
any pictures?
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PINETREE
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Found three different moose sheds this week.
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PINETREE
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Anyone had any luck this summer-fall?
I new where two monster bucks were all winter and spring and I still couldn't find their antlers.
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1BigPaddle
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I found several different size moose sheds, several deer antlers while exploring the BDUB. I never found any really big deer sheds, and the moose sheds ive seen have been chipped or broken, or chewed. On a trip in the quetico I came across a bear skull once also. If I can find a photo I will try to post it on here!
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1BigPaddle
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I found some Elk sheds last week. it only took me 8 miles and very difficult hiking to find them. Several nice deer sheds also.
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PINETREE
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Did you get a pair. Was lucky out west and found a pair of trophy size elk antlers laying only a few feet a part.
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walleye_hunter
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I have some spots along the north shore of Superior where I enjoy shed hunting in April. It is fun to find a nice match and put them together.
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nofish
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quote 1BigPaddle: "  I found this last weekend while out grouse hunting.. full skeleton was present.. unsure of how it died. It wasn't an animal kill. Possibly a gut shot from some one."
Looks to be in good shape. Must not have been there too long or you'd expect to see some mice damage.
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PINETREE
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quote nofish: "quote 1BigPaddle: " I found this last weekend while out grouse hunting.. full skeleton was present.. unsure of how it died. It wasn't an animal kill. Possibly a gut shot from some one."
Looks to be in good shape. Must not have been there too long or you'd expect to see some mice damage."
Agree on the good shape.
Interesting at home I have a small flower planter with a deer antler in it. The other day a grey squirel grabbed it and hauled it a few yards and I noticed they been chewing on it off and on all summer.
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1BigPaddle
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I found this last weekend while out grouse hunting.. full skeleton was present.. unsure of how it died. It wasn't an animal kill. Possibly a gut shot from some one.
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BearBrown
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Never hunted for sheds before, but I am interested in the topic. Nice photo walleye hunter.
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Kendra
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quote walleye_hunter: "I have some spots along the north shore of Superior where I enjoy shed hunting in April. It is fun to find a nice match and put them together.
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What is that form you mounted them on? Something you can order? Looks just like a cut scull section.
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fitgers1
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I haven't found any sheds yet in the Bdub. My brother has though. Found a perfectly matched set right in the dirt where the buck stuck them at the base of a big pine. It looked as if the buck put his head down and jammed his antlers into the dirt and they broke off right there. All the tines are stained an inch or two where they were stuck in the dirt. Pretty nice find. He missed the record book by 2 points with them.
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