It was great to skype with you!! So I couldn't resist sending some pictures of our little shed hunting adventure yesterday (Preparation Day Activity). It was a blast and I cannot wait until Dad and I can go look for some antlers together!
First of all Bro. Sheperd who took us out is one of the coolest and nicest guys I have met which made the trip that much better. He has 950 acres of land but that is not where we went. We went on Brother Hagg's land and he has 2500 acres of prime elk country!!! It was beautiful.
So here is how the trip went. About 40 minutes in I found an old mule deer dead head!!!! I bet he was a small 4x3 because the one side got all chewed up so I don't actually know. Then we went probably 2 hours before finding our first shed. We were driving up a reallyyyyy steep hill when I thought I saw a shed about 300 yards away across the canyon. We got to the top of the hill, parked the truck and went over to see. Sure enough it was a small 5 point raghorn. We all got excited and started looking around. I went back to the truck to put the shed away. Then I decided I would go look up on the flat by a fence away from everyone else. About 5 minutes into my little adventure I can see what looked to be a big ole shed by the fence line!!! I run over and there was the biggest shed I have ever found!!! A nice 6 point with a small 7th. This bull will be a toad next year!! I went back to show everyone that one and then everyone was determined to find something. Long story short Brother Sheperd ended up finding 2 small 6 point sheds and a nice 6 points shed probably 315ish bull. Then Elder McGrath found a really nice 6 point shed that is a tad bit bigger than the one I found but a couple years old. We ended up finding the 3 biggest shed (Bro. Sheperds, Elder McGrath's and mine) all along the same fence line within 30 yards of eachother. Pretty Crazy.
That ended up being all we found other than a really old chewed on forky deer antler.
Needless to say it was a blast. We saw around 20 elk with a few small bulls, lots of deer, found a good number of sheds and we were surrounded by great company!! Here are the pictures!
Elder Natay and I glassing off of Bro. Sheperd's front porch!
A need to get myself a cowboy hat and jacket like that!!!
An elk we saw driving in.
The sheds I found and Elder McGrath's!!!
This is my big shed next to a powerade bottle!!
The dead head I found!
They are almost identical except mine has 2 inches of more
main beam and his has like 6 more inches on the royal! These
are some big elk. His has a 50" main beam and mine has a 52" main beam!!!
The last picture I have until Elder McGrath send me the ones he
took while we were actually out! This is our trunk full of bone!! It almost didn't fit!
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