Moose shed with a bullet hole in it...

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As I was hiking on Saturday, I found this unique moose shed. It was so fresh that there was still blood on the bottom of the bases.
If you take a close look, you can see a bullet hole in the thick paddle section of the antler.

I thought I would post to see if anybody had a LE tag for the Wasatch Mountains and if they took a shot and missed a bull this year? Or thought this could also serve as a heads up to all of us hunters to keep our eyes out for unethical poachers.

You can also see the size of the shed in comparison to my Badlands Superday pack. (Antlers always look better on Badlands packs! :))

What a nice find!

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"Hunt hard or go home!"
 
I don'know moose but wouldn't it be possible another moose horn poked that hole during a fight ?
 
I found a moose shed last year that had a hole in it just like that. I too assumed it was a bullet hole. But then I posted the pics on a shed forum and had a bunch of guys tell me that it is very common for them to poke holes in their palms when fighting. I thought it strange as this was the first shed I had ever found this way and I have picked up a ton of moose tine over the years. Most years it is between 50-100 paddles. So in my mind, the jury is still out. Could be a bullet hole or could be what the other moose shed hunters had observed.
 
Not uncommon for a bull to drop in late Nov. Depends on how healthy he is or how much he needs to heal up postrut. In some of our Nov LEH seasons, I've heard of guys shooting a bull only to have a antler fall off when the bull hits the ground.
 

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