Anyone finding any sheds yet?

iccyman001 · May 3, 2018

Im blitzing up to my unit this weekend to hang a bunch of cameras and to find some sheds.
I'm itching to get up there!

Anyone else finding any nice sheds?

bonecollector777 · May 3, 2018

They're all picked up by now. .

iccyman001 · May 3, 2018

>They're all picked up by now.
>.

I just hadn't seen anyone post any yet, usually we see a few guys throwing up some pictures by now!
My main goal for the weekend is hanging cameras. I will find a shed or two along the way!

Bolt Tripper · May 3, 2018

>They're all picked up by now.
>.

This is true is true, for about a month now. You are pretty late to the party.

NMPaul · May 3, 2018

I dont think they are ever all picked up. No matter when I go, I find at least 3-4 old ones to every brown.

Found this dead head this year.

Ran into these guys on another shed hunt.

Some bloody bases from this year.

iccyman001 · May 3, 2018

>I dont think they are ever
>all picked up. No
>matter when I go, I
>find at least 3-4 old
>ones to every brown.
>
>Found this dead head this year.
>
>

>
>
>Ran into these guys on another
>shed hunt.
>
>

>
>Some bloody bases from this year.
>
>
>

Awesome finds!

BrianID · May 4, 2018

I also don't think they are all picked up. I find sheds every fall while hunting and have found old sheds in areas I have walked in previous years that I just missed.

NMPaul,
Are those pigs from NM or another state?

BUGLEnmIN · May 4, 2018

Paul's right. This year a bunch of animals were packing late!

live4muleys · May 4, 2018

I saw a deer and an elk recently still packing.

throwfar · May 4, 2018

No sheds out there probably should just stay home. =P

bobby · May 4, 2018

was up at my buddies cabin in CO last week friday 4/27 saw two bucks still packing......

mozey · May 4, 2018

I have videos from my old trailcams of raghorn bulls still packing and sparring as late as the first week in June. They can't all be picked up yet if they're not all dropped yet.

Paul, that is an awesome dead head. Mucho envy...

NMPaul · May 4, 2018

>I also don't think they are
>all picked up. I find
>sheds every fall while hunting
>and have found old sheds
>in areas I have walked
>in previous years that I
>just missed.
>
>NMPaul,
>Are those pigs from NM or
>another state?

NM, in an undisclosed location.

bonecollector777 · May 4, 2018

It was a joke. Theres more old ones found every year vs browns.

cosmic_cowboy · May 4, 2018

I always find more white than brown every year. Sometimes in the same spot I was the year before. The white ones really stick out on the forest floor. Sometimes the brown ones you almost have to step on them to see them, especially if they are points down. If I find a big brown I will spend days trying to find the other side, but most of the time I find it the next year when its white.
Jack

iccyman001 · May 6, 2018

I hiked 14 miles Saturday.
Put up 5 cams, checked some of my old spots and some new, and found 5 sheds. Day total was 4 elk and 1 deer

http://www.monstermuleys.info/photos/user_photos_2018/616756746db477328458e9b5f388ef1f38834.jpeg

http://www.monstermuleys.info/photos/user_photos_2018/167309eab67a6ea01492d90ff288541e6c37c.jpeg

http://www.monstermuleys.info/photos/user_photos_2018/6993806876084942d495a8a41d914d67fd6a1.jpeg

Found a dead head too, but those stay in the mountains....

http://www.monstermuleys.info/photos/user_photos_2018/27000113663c08f4415180a7461a96104839.jpeg

NMPaul · May 6, 2018

Great finds. Found some small ones today. As long as you pay NMDFG you can take dead heads. I did get my receipt. They are very reasonable.

iccyman001 · May 6, 2018

>Great finds. Found some small
>ones today. As long
>as you pay NMDFG you
>can take dead heads.
>I did get my receipt.
> They are very reasonable.
>

Congrats on today?s finds.
I'm very fortunate and always seem to find a few good sheds, but I haven't found that diamond in the rough skull yet. When I do I'll definitely give them a call!

I just don't want to waste their time for a small forkie.

NMPaul · May 6, 2018

I agree

mozey · May 6, 2018

Question, Paul: do you need to notify G&F before you bring a deadhead out, or do you just need to take it to one of their offices once you find it?

mozey · May 6, 2018

...the reason I'm asking is because I know where one about the size of yours is, and if the process isn't too much, I'm thinking about going and retrieving it... ;-)

NMPaul · May 6, 2018

Technically you need to contact NMDFG first. They have let me bring them in first, but, I have taken a lot of heads over the years. Call your local game officer and tell them, They may let you bring in first.

BioHazrdMan · May 7, 2018

>Great finds. Found some small
>ones today. As long
>as you pay NMDFG you
>can take dead heads.
>I did get my receipt.
> They are very reasonable.
>

Agree... I found a heavy 5x5 a few years go, the bull hadn't been dead long. Contacted G&F and took pics, got GPS coordinates, and they let me bring it out and meet up with him later. $30 wasn't bad.

NMhunter4life · May 7, 2018

You need to get permission first. Even with verbal permission my brother once had them take a dead head from him when he met the G&F officer to try and get a receipt.
I don't waste my time and theirs on the small dead heads, I just hang them in a tree and keep on going.

mozey · May 7, 2018

LAST EDITED ON May-07-18 AT 11:02PM (MST)[p]Do you know the reasons they confiscated your brother's?

That potentially happening is what keeps me from doing it. In the unlikely event I have cell service once I get to it so that I could text them pics and coordinates and get assurances in advance, I'd be willing to pack it out. But I'm not willing to put in all the work if there is a chance they'll confiscate it. It's a pretty decent hike just to get to it...

NMhunter4life · May 9, 2018

My brother had cell service and called in while still on the mountain and got permission from a warden at the regional office. There happened to be another warden in the area and he checked in with him to purchase the head and get the receipt. The first warden had talked to the second telling him what had happened, but he confiscated it anyways saying to him that you are not supposed to pick up dead heads.
My other brother happened to know the director of that regional office and after a phone call everything eventually got sorted out a few weeks later and he got the head back. If he hadn't personally known the regional supervisor I am not sure he would have gotten it back.

I once found an exceptionally big dead head that I definitely wanted to keep. What I did was leave it in the woods where I found it (well hidden of course) and got pictures and GPS coordinates. I then got permission from the warden for that area and made sure to have it in writing in a text message. I went back a few weeks later, recovered it, and purchased it from the state without any problems.