Muley or Whitetail Shed Set?

berto · Dec 11, 2006

I have my own opinion, but I would like to hear your thoughts. I found these this spring in an area frequented by both species.

As they lay

No question about it, they are a set!

JakeH · Dec 11, 2006

I would say muley you see alot more muleys with that white tail cofigeration than you do whites with the muledeer config. plus is has small browtines. I guess it could be a hybred.

great find.

MM Member since 1999. Jake H

ismith · Dec 11, 2006

Id say muley. Although It is possible it could be a hybred, it more than likely is not. Alot of people tend to think that just because a muley has antlers with whitetail configeration that it must be a hybred,(and vice versa) which usally isnt the case at all.
Irl

browtine · Dec 11, 2006

I say MD as well.

Later, Brandon

littlefoot · Dec 11, 2006

LAST EDITED ON Dec-11-06 AT 02:46PM (MST)[p]if i saw them separately, i would say the one on 'our' left is a muley, and the one on 'our' right is a whitey....together, don't know...but, definitey nice 'finds'...thanks for the pics...

by the way, 'berto'..what is your opinion?

IDkTm · Dec 11, 2006

I personally see more whitetail in them than muley, but I really think he could be a hybrid. Definite characteristics of each species. If the eyeguards were more substantial I'd for sure think whitey.

SEidahomuley · Dec 11, 2006

i would say if that pic is "as they lay", then someone picked them up seperatly and sat them down there and left them

antlerradar · Dec 11, 2006

They are mule deer antlers. The beading at the bace is a give away. Whitetails have beading that runs in long lines up the main beam and browtines and mule deer have beading that tends to be short line around the antler.

Antlerradar

Chef · Dec 11, 2006

I say muley as well.

I have a set just like that of desert AZ mule deer.

Chef
"I Love Animals...They're Delicious!"

Bambistew · Dec 12, 2006

>They are mule deer antlers. The
>beading at the bace is
>a give away. Whitetails have
>beading that runs in long
>lines up the main beam
> and browtines and mule
>deer have beading that tends
>to be short line around
> the antler.
>
>Antlerradar

Exactly! Also the burrs tend to be more knarly on muledeer than whitetails.

berto · Dec 12, 2006

all,

i agree they are definitely muley sheds. I just thought it was interesting how they have both muley and whitey traits, and given they were in an area where i could find either at any time...

To answer another question: No way did someone find them and lay them together like that. The only reason they weren't found when fresh was they were out in the middle of a wide open, grassy hillside where no one bothers to walk because "everyone else probably already did"...i look for antlers in obvious places like that all the time and do quite well! that same day i hiked another open hillside near this one and found eight sheds laying on it in less than ten minutes time. that hillside was just off the main trail all the hunters hike into this particular area...even i was amazed at how many i found there.

i am surprised none of you spotted the doe muley laying in the background of the "as they lay" pic. she had a broken spine or something similar because she wasn't able to get her hind-end off the ground. to this day i cannot figure out what might have happened to her to cause that.

Longun · Dec 12, 2006

AnterRadar-thanks for the interesting info--never heard that before.

Longun · Dec 12, 2006

So what is this one??

wyohikeit · Dec 14, 2006

LAST EDITED ON Dec-14-06 AT 07:15AM (MST)[p]Informative thread guys and nice pictures! I agree with the set being mulie
This one looks like whitetail to me
Cronic wasting disease could be the does problem

Time in the hills is always worth more than money

UTmonsterslayer · Dec 14, 2006

i would definately say muley. how many times have you seen a whitetail with that much horn with that small of eyeguards?

berto · Dec 14, 2006

wyo,

altho there has not been a documented case of CWD in this state as of yet...who knows, maybe she did have it

Longun · Dec 14, 2006

I was just playing with you guys. Mine is a Sitka Blacktail that I picked up SE Alaska in 95 when I was falling timber there.

buckhunr · Dec 18, 2006

IV'E PERSONALLY FOUND AT LEAST TEN SETS LAYING WITHIN A FOOT OF EACH OTHER SO I KNOW THIS COULD BE EXACTLY HOW THEY WERE FOUND!!! ON CHRISTMAS EVE DAY IN 2001 I WATCHED A BUCK DROP BOTH SIDES AT THE SAME TIME WHEN HE STOOD UP OUT OF HIS BED, I STILL HAVE THAT SET. JUST THOUGHT I WOULD ENLIGHTEN YOU. BUCKHUNR