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Re: Antlers dropping here
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#8544891
03/01/22 06:46 PM
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stxranchman
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I rough scored him at 148" this AM, using other similar sized skulls to approximate the placement of the antlers to calculate the spread. Confirmed the biggest set of matched sheds I've ever found, and yes, this is a damn good Williamson Co. buck! I hope he makes it to next year and see what he does! Great buck and I think that score is pretty darn close. I guessed him at 145 to 147 from the pics. Nice find, now get you some shed connectors or euro skull mount so you can display them.
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: Antlers dropping here
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#8544892
03/01/22 06:47 PM
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deerfeeder
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Found half of an 8 point in my front yard yesterday morning. Spring is right around the corner. That being said, when I was guiding/feeding, one year in June a found a fresh shed set of antlers in a feed pen.
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Re: Antlers dropping here
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#8544975
03/01/22 08:37 PM
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Bird Dog
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Bird Dog
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Mountain Mike reproduction skull ordered! I've been watching this buck for four years, and never found one of his sheds prior to this (and I walked mile upon mile searching). Will share a picture with the crew!
"Who Dares, Wins" Instagram: @HCConnected
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Re: Antlers dropping here
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03/02/22 01:35 PM
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QuitShootinYoungBucks
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It's interesting how they drop. I've got several on camera that were whole one day, gone the next. Then I've got one guy who lost the first one on 2/10 and still has the other side.
https://web.archive.org/web/20170223065011/http:/www.rrdvegas.com/silencer-cleaning.html
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Re: Antlers dropping here
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#8545556
03/02/22 01:54 PM
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stxranchman
Obie Juan Kenobi
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Obie Juan Kenobi
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Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: Antlers dropping here
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#8545624
03/02/22 02:51 PM
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Klinker
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Never have searched for sheds. Where are the "hot spots" to find them . . . game trials, fence lines?
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Re: Antlers dropping here
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#8545675
03/02/22 03:35 PM
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Bird Dog
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Bird Dog
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I like to look in areas where I know they feed and spend time; also transit areas between their bedding areas and where they feed, sections of game trails that tighten up (branches, brush growing into trail), and along fence lines. Places where they go over or through fences are hot spots. If you find one, look around for the next one, bucks tend to shake the second off because they feel imbalanced, It doesn't always happen but it's worth taking the time to search for the other side. I love shed hunting!
"Who Dares, Wins" Instagram: @HCConnected
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Re: Antlers dropping here
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#8545680
03/02/22 03:39 PM
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unclebubba
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Got the first pics this morning of antlerless bucks at the feeder.
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Re: Antlers dropping here
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#8545710
03/02/22 04:27 PM
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freerange
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Last edited by freerange; 03/02/22 04:29 PM.
At some point in life its time to quit chasing the pot of gold and just enjoy the rainbow. FR Keep your gratitude higher than your expectations. RWH
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Re: Antlers dropping here
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#8546733
03/03/22 04:00 PM
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Bird Dog
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Bird Dog
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That's a great matched sets!! Here's the final display setup for the pair I found!
"Who Dares, Wins" Instagram: @HCConnected
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Re: Antlers dropping here
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#8546851
03/03/22 07:02 PM
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kruppa24
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Re: Antlers dropping here
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#8547433
03/04/22 01:03 PM
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Espy
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looks good Exiled heck where I hunt Im still waiting on them to drop.
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Re: Antlers dropping here
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#8547963
03/05/22 12:34 AM
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CTR
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Re: Antlers dropping here
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#8549563
03/06/22 10:53 PM
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603Country
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Just looked at some camera pics. Buck had one side of his antlers on Monday at 7 am and no antlers on Tuesday at 7:45. I think I still have one buck with antlers still on him.
Not my monkeys, not my circus...
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Re: Antlers dropping here
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#8550115
03/07/22 04:04 PM
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ILUVBIGBUCKS
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Bucks at the house still have theirs but the ones at the lease are 90%-95% shed out now.
Found a few there last weekend by none from the bigger boys. Biggest was one side of a 130ish 8 pt. I'm pretty sure it was the 8 I filmed whooping the other buck this season and posted on here.
High fence, low fence, no fence, it really doesn't matter as long as you're hunting!
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Re: Antlers dropping here
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#8550154
03/07/22 04:58 PM
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BOLT GUY
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Found another this weekend, the deer shed on the 22nd and as of Friday still had the other side. Thought that was an awful long time for the other to remain on its head. 4" pocketknife for reference.
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Re: Antlers dropping here
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#8550231
03/07/22 06:18 PM
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QuitShootinYoungBucks
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Found another this weekend, the deer shed on the 22nd and as of Friday still had the other side. Thought that was an awful long time for the other to remain on its head. 4" pocketknife for reference. This guy has nearly made a month with one. Not sure when he lost the first, he had it on 2/2. Last night:
https://web.archive.org/web/20170223065011/http:/www.rrdvegas.com/silencer-cleaning.html
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Re: Antlers dropping here
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#8550340
03/07/22 08:35 PM
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Bird Dog
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Bird Dog
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Yet one more amazing and cool thing about whitetail deer. Some of them drop both right next to each other, some drop one then shake the other loose a short distance away, and some will carry that other half for weeks and/or miles!
"Who Dares, Wins" Instagram: @HCConnected
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Re: Antlers dropping here
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#8556198
03/14/22 04:31 PM
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Bird Dog
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Bird Dog
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I walked 10 miles yesterday and got completely skunked! I may have used all of my 2022 luck on the pair above. Will be at the ranch in a couple of weeks, maybe we'll come across a few there!
"Who Dares, Wins" Instagram: @HCConnected
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Re: Antlers dropping here
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#8558519
03/17/22 07:09 PM
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Hudbone
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They be dropping
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Re: Antlers dropping here
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#8558554
03/17/22 07:52 PM
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ILUVBIGBUCKS
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Some of your regular visitors Hud?
High fence, low fence, no fence, it really doesn't matter as long as you're hunting!
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Re: Antlers dropping here
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#8558617
03/17/22 09:06 PM
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Hudbone
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Some of your regular visitors Hud? Yeah, the one who left his tire puncher in the road.
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Re: Antlers dropping here
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#8559399
03/18/22 06:35 PM
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Hunter Daddy
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Bird Dog
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Over here near Floresville,Tx, I have bucks that have yet to drop either antlers and its March 17th. Must be these dry (drought) conditions which may be delaying the shedding cycle. I have three 10 pointers (mature bucks) as well as a couple of younger 8 pointers and a 6 pointer still coming to my feeder in the backyard. When is it going to rain?!!!
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Re: Antlers dropping here
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#8569636
04/01/22 10:21 PM
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Bird Dog
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Bird Dog
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Re: Antlers dropping here
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#8571099
04/04/22 01:06 AM
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freerange
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I found these at feeders this weekend. Upper left set from weeks ago.
At some point in life its time to quit chasing the pot of gold and just enjoy the rainbow. FR Keep your gratitude higher than your expectations. RWH
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