Sheds. Lets see them.

[nmelktrout]

LAST EDITED ON Apr-13-09 AT 08:52PM (MST)[p]Here's a couple of the better sheds I have found this year. Found the match to the small 7 on the far right 1 year later and a solid mile from its mate...and the monster shed in the middle was picked up by my fiancee in November while deer hunting (too bad the fifth is busted clean off). It's been slow for me this year as it seems that not as many bulls wintered in my area as in past years but I'm still finding a few good ones and picking up those that I missed last year. Let's see what you all have picked up. Whoever passed me in the dark Chevy with a quad in the bed and turned into the grocery store in Magdalena Friday night had an absolute monster shed or two in the back...hope it was a fellow MM'er and I'd love to see some pics. Mozey, I know you are a shed hunter so let's see some of yours from this year! Trapking had a monster shed in a pic from a past post and I'm sure has found some more so let's see'em.
-Cody

Oh yeah, found the biggest nontypical muley shed EVER (and finally found a worthy purpose for the fiancee's dog...) Smallest shed with a kicker I've ever found.

 

[nmwapiti]

Sounds like a reason to celebrate to me! What's the keg got in it? Sierra Nevada or a good IPA?

 

[NMHunter1]

VERY COOL!

 

[mozey]

Thanks for posting up those pics, NMET. That 60-incher is an absolute jaw-dropper; hope one of you finds the match.

I think it's cool that this year you were able to find matches to singles you found last year. I've got a couple of real nice singles from last year that I'd love to match up--one being from about a 180 class buck and the other being from about a 350 class bull.

As work would have it, the soonest I'll be able to get back out there will be this Thursday, and I just may be more interested in trying to whack a turkey if I can get 'em to talk to me. If the turkey's aren't talking though, I'll definitely be stalking them sheds.

crazeymaez called me earlier today and said he'd spotted a bunch bulls (one small sixer still packing) through his spotting scope right where he and I found a bunch of sheds last year. He's going back tomorrow morning to see if he can do any good. I'm looking forward to see what he brings back.

 

[luckless]

Pray2Hunt, Z and I are probably going out again Saturday. I'll post pics as soon as I have them from last week and this Saturday...

DC

 

[passthrough]

ET, nice sheds but Im more interested in the tapped keg!

 

[nmelktrout]

Hah! Woops...didn't even catch the silver barrell on the side there...And yes, it actually was an evening of Sierra Nevada Pale at my house this Saturday. Moze, good luck on the turkeys and shed hunting man. Hopefully I'll get out of the house again this weekend myself. It was nice piecing together some matches this year. I've found a a bunch of raghorns and decent 5x5 sheds but have noticed that the small bulls I glass are still carrying antler. Let's see some pics guys.

 

[crazeymaez]

Ok im back saw about 17 bulls today 4 still packin most already out to their seconds.Mozey wasnt there to crack the whip so I
kinda slacked.The first pic is the only as it lay I spotted the white one in the background first and then the brownie

Cossed the drainage and found the whiteys match maybe....
Could be the same bull two different years.But they were 30 yrds from each other two bad his g-3 is busted 21" on left 52" main
beam

Enjoy. hopefully me and Mozey can get out soon and clean up..

 

[nmelktrout]

Crazy, nice haul man. That's more nice bone than I've found all season. I especially like the ATL pic with the whitey and brownie; too cool. And man, what a great game room.

 

[mozey]

Awesome. How did we miss those bad boys last year? You almost have to step on those browns. I got a feeling it's going to be embarrassing to see all the ones I missed last year, and how close I walked by without seeing them.

 

[vinihunt]

nmelktrout...awesome find!! beautiful dog..I just got puppy black lab last Jan for christmas from my wife...4 month old now.

crazymaes..awesome findin...wow..what a trophy!(wife)jk jk,,, I mean the trohpy room!! LOL

VINIHUNT

 

[mozey]

yeah, ol' crazey done good for himself... ;-)

 

[littlemonster]

LAST EDITED ON Apr-14-09 AT 10:20PM (MST)[p]Awesome sheds!!! Did your lab help find those sheds?

 

[crazeymaez]

No that was a joke with my chihuahua with those horns on

his back

 

[nmelktrout]

No, my lab is a bird hunting machine. She looks for quail (mearns) while I look for horn.

And, Crazey's chihuahua is his secret to his shed hunting success. Chihuahuas are easily scent trained for antler hunting. We pack them into the backcountry and then release them in prime shed spots... It's an old New Mexico secret tradition...

 

[crazeymaez]

Oh sorry thought you were talking about my shed hunting maniac
Just dont know what to do if we find a big one

 

[WFGinNM]

Here is one from this year.

Last years sheds that I sold to fund my Coues' hunt.

--Bill

 

[mozey]

Very nice. If you don't mind me asking, how much per pound did you get for those sheds?

 

[NMHUNTNUTTG]

WinGinNM, LOVE THE BRONCO!!! If you need to fund another hunt and want to part ways with it let me know...

 

[WFGinNM]

Mozey,
$3 - $7 a lb. Prices have really dropped off.
I only sold the antlers I could bring myself to part with. I hated to sell but it was worth it, killed a pretty nice Coues'.

NMHUNTNUTTG,
The Bronco is for sale. I'll send you a pm.

--Bill

 

[mozey]

Thanks, Bill. My wife keeps eyeballing the piles I have in my backyard and thinks she could finance a cruise or someting...

I don't think I'll be giving them up quite so easily. A caribou hunt maybe, but not a cruise...

 

[WFGinNM]

"My wife keeps eyeballing the piles I have in my backyard and thinks she could finance a cruise..."

A cruise??? That's sacrilege. I'm a firm believer that when antlers get sold something has to die.

--Bill

 

[nmelktrout]

Bill, thanks for sharing man. You got me thinking now of how to fund some new trips...but I don't know if I can part with any of my treasures. Post a pic of your coues!

 

[WFGinNM]

>Bill, thanks for sharing man.
>You got me thinking now
>of how to fund some
>new trips...but I don't know
>if I can part with
>any of my treasures. Post
>a pic of your coues!
>

The rock is to hide the entrance.

--Bill

 

[leftturnabq]

Dayumn!! That is one bad Coues!!

What did he score?

Thanks for sharing the pics...

 

[NeverStopHuntin]

Holy crap that is a nice coues!!

 

[nmelktrout]

Bill that is NOT a coues, it's a monster coues! Wow... that's all I can say about that deer. Hell of a deer man.
-Cody

 

[mozey]

Wow, that's an awesome coues. Looks like you made a good trade.

 

[Hiker]

Great finds. NM has some serious elk. It's easier for us to find muley sheds than elk sheds in Colorado because our raghorn elk sheds are smaller than our muley sheds.

That is a fantastic looking coues....Good job!

Hiker

Proverbs 3:5-6

 

[WFGinNM]

>Dayumn!! That is one bad
>Coues!!
>
>What did he score?
>
>Thanks for sharing the pics...


After the 60 day drying period he went 113 7/8" gross Non-Typical, 112" net.

Thanks for looking,
--Bill

 

[KevinJaramillo]

LAST EDITED ON Apr-17-09 AT 01:48PM (MST)[p]beautiful sheds everyone! Thats a heck of a buck too!

 

[mozey]

I think I might be the world's worst turkey hunter, but I can still sneak up on those sheds; found a total of eighteen yesterday, seventeen elk, one muley. Packed out nine and stashed the rest for another day.

There's a pack under there some where:

 

[crazeymaez]

That looks cold and miserable.Congrats Moz cant wait to see

some better pics.Any size on that muley?

 

[mozey]

I'm pretty crappy at stalking those brown sheds, too. It was even worse than what I predicted above about how embarrassing I anticipated it was gonna be to find out how close I passed by some last year.

Exhibit A is this year-old 7-pointer as it lay:

Look at the log that it is under. Last year, I stashed four chalkers under that same log at the other end, that I never got a chance to go retrieve. I never had a clue that the 7-pointer was even there. Here's a pic of the other end of the log:

But that's not even the end of it. I give you Exhibit B as it lay, the seven pointer's match, that I found within 80 yards of Exhibit A, where I walked within 20 feet of last year while carrying a load of turkey decoys:

And finally Exhibits C & D, a small 6X7 with some twists; both right out in the open, and both within an area where I did an extensive grid search:

 

[mozey]

Muley was a small four point. It started snowing on me at about noon and never let up. I got back to the truck at nine, probably about eight inches of snow by then.

 

[crazeymaez]

Thats funny Moz.Glad you were able to get a break from work.

At least the first part of the day looked good.

 

[mozey]

Despite my incompetence, I did manage to find a few browns. First thing in the morning:

He wanted to be a 7-pointer:

Another:

The best one of the day, a 53" main beam. Started snowing pretty hard right after I found this one, and I was a long way from home, so I'll have to look for its match another day.

On the way out, stumbled across one more:

Got within a couple hundred yards of where I left my turkey decoys, and spotted a gobbler in the snow, pacing the ridge right above the decoys. He was about 50 yards beyond the reach of my 00 buck. He saw me at the same time and flushed away. Bummer. He was probably trying to figure out why this rival tom was too stupid to get off his side out of the snow... ;-)

 

[nmelktrout]

Dang Moze, you are cleaning up man. Like you my turkey "hunting" expeditions typically turn into antler collecting forays. I can't believe you stashed some horn next to that nice 7 and didn't even know it! Pretty cool pics as usual and they are making me jealous considering I'm stuck in the office all weekend.
-Cody

 

[luckless]

Nice Mozey.

I went out today with my buddy Z and his wife and Jerry (Pray2Hunt) and his son. We did OK, but not when it came to brownies. Jerry found one brown 6 and I found a 1 year old massive 6 with 2 stickers. We also found a few nice chalkies. One is the weirdest shed I've ever seen. It has a 90 degree turn right at the base and no brow tine. It would have laid straight back and scratched his butt. It is only a 4 (no brow, though), but is broken off. My prize of the day is a short, short spike with a bulb at the base. It is 1-2 years old. I didn't get ATL picks or any for that matter because my wife has the camera out of town. One good note was that I used a frame from an ALICE pack for packing out my 4 and it worked great. I was really tired of carrying sheds out by hand. Pics will follow soon...


DC

 

[WFGinNM]

looks like a good day to me Mozey, I'd rather find sheds than have to carry around a stinky old Tom anyday.

--Bill

 

[crazeymaez]

Went out for a few hours today and try and match up the two I

found last week.Two different bulls.Couldnt find em but found

A few more.Took my dad and had him man the spotter.

Back at last great feeling

3 sixers 1 seven small muley

 

[mozey]

LAST EDITED ON Apr-20-09 AT 09:55PM (MST)[p]Awesome crazey. Are those two browns on the right a match? Is that a J-104?

On Saturday, after I went back for the others, I glassed from where we park and spotted a couple more:

Appears those young punks either missed or purposely left a few for the older guys... ;-)

Here's a few more year-old ATLs from Friday:

 

[NMPaul]

Dang, Mozey and Maez. Nice haul. No point in posting the pics of the 2 small broken deer sheds I found this year.

 

[mozey]

Ah c'mon, Paul. Ain't nobody here going to accuse you of "little antler" disease... ;-)

 

[crazeymaez]

No Moz thats the gunslinger gotta work my way up to those big boy packs.Those horns arnt a match although they were 40 yrds apart.Alot of the same genetics in those bulls.That brown is my favorite as it lay pic .No way to see that unless you walk right up to it.I think those youngsters cried UNCLE.