Ticks N Tines
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Over the weekend I got out to a popular spot with some friends. We hiked for a while and one of my friends picked up a big G2 that had broken off a buck. It was a big tine and we thought that it was kind of crazy that it had broken off with so much mass. We also thought it was a little strange to find a broken tine on the winter range as you usually find them where the bucks rut and fight.
Anyway, we pressed on not thinking much of it. A few hours later I saw an antler in the distance and upon further investigation I could see that it was missing a large piece of antler. As soon as I saw it, I knew it was the base to the broken tine we had found earlier. The two pieces were several hundred yards from each other, and it seems weird that nobody had picked up either side. The antler was from last year, so both pieces had been there a while.
After looking at it for a bit, I noticed a hole that went right through the busted area of the antler. After putting it back together we realized it was a bullet hole.
So my guess is that someone tried poaching this buck on the winter range (Unless he spent the rifle deer hunt here). It was a smaller .22 caliber hole, so you wouldn't think someone hunting deer would use that caliber.
So that is my cool find for the year. I'm going to try and put it back together somehow. Does anyone have any ideas on the best way to put it back together?
Anyway, we pressed on not thinking much of it. A few hours later I saw an antler in the distance and upon further investigation I could see that it was missing a large piece of antler. As soon as I saw it, I knew it was the base to the broken tine we had found earlier. The two pieces were several hundred yards from each other, and it seems weird that nobody had picked up either side. The antler was from last year, so both pieces had been there a while.
After looking at it for a bit, I noticed a hole that went right through the busted area of the antler. After putting it back together we realized it was a bullet hole.
So my guess is that someone tried poaching this buck on the winter range (Unless he spent the rifle deer hunt here). It was a smaller .22 caliber hole, so you wouldn't think someone hunting deer would use that caliber.
So that is my cool find for the year. I'm going to try and put it back together somehow. Does anyone have any ideas on the best way to put it back together?
