age this shed

Rie bread · Oct 4, 2022

found this at 7600 feet on a southeast slope. the side pictured was facing the sky and the bottom is still very brown.
question is shed or lost in a fight? i couldnt find the mate.
any significance in the finding. it got me excited to go back to the area but i’m just trying to learn more. there was lots of fresh sign a few hundred feet down hill from where i found it.
thanks for any help or ribbing

Wiszard · Oct 4, 2022

My guess would be a shed off a bull that is old and somewhat regressing. I'll bet he was a stud a few years ago. But....I'm an elk newbie so I could be totally wrong.

Chump · Oct 4, 2022

Long day and your post title caught me off guard...Brain, "1979 Sears aluminum 5x8 slider".

You know you see them all the time on MM!!!

Rie bread · Oct 5, 2022

Wiszard said:
My guess would be a shed off a bull that is old and somewhat regressing. I'll bet he was a stud a few years ago. But....I'm an elk newbie so I could be totally wrong.

yeah i guess i’m trying to think if he lost it in a fight or shed it in spring.

mtnrunner260 · Oct 5, 2022

Is anything different on the pedicle from a shed antler?

DaveD · Oct 5, 2022

That is a shed- not something lost in a fight. It is highly probable it was shed this past spring. Chances are low that bull will be there during the hunting season but it is possible.

HntHrdr · Oct 5, 2022

That was lost last spring for sure, looks like a nice bull, buddy found a monster shed while he was hunting a few weeks ago same deal, bleached out some on top, but chocolate brown on the down side

Rie bread · Oct 5, 2022

thank you for the input. hoping it’s a secret hideaway that’s livable all year. iv seen elk this last winter at a similar elevation living year around.

HntHrdr · Oct 5, 2022

Depends where you are at, lowland herds are a thing for sure. My first bull I killed came from a spot that 6700 ft, the herd lives at that elevation or lower year round

TheOneRidgeRunner · Oct 7, 2022

Its a shed unless the pedicle has some part of the skull. Bulls don't necessarily go very far, picked up a 340 type bull 1/4 mile from where he spent all summer before the rut.