Evidence for a jackelope

uncleantler · Apr 23, 2006

This may be the smallest antler I have ever seen. Either it is a jackelope or the smallest buck in northern Utah. I was at the top of a ridge and stopped to catch my breath and looked down and it was 3 inches from my boot. I couldn't find the other side though. Has anyone ever seen an antler this small? Maybe I have but thought it was a doe. I included a picture of a 4 point found the same day. Nice antler but had been chewed up a bit.

daltmansheds · Apr 23, 2006

i have seen one smaller!

MattB · Apr 23, 2006

Ive found them the size of business cards.

MattB · Apr 23, 2006

I guess its a bit bigger than a business card, but still very small!

Bigbuck9 · Apr 23, 2006

Sory to debunk your theory but I killed a whitetail that was even smaller. Too bad they don't keep records for the smallest deer ever killed.

what a monster!

uncleantler · Apr 23, 2006

Dang man I never knew they got that small. I must be so concentrated on the big ones that I miss the small ones

NDBadlandsbucks · Apr 24, 2006

LAST EDITED ON Apr-24-06 AT 07:44AM (MST)[p]LAST EDITED ON Apr-24-06 AT 07:23?AM (MST)

Hey Big9, did you get him mounted, cause if you didn't I'd offer my services. I once mounted a buck my bro-in-law shot that had about a seven inch spike on one side and the other side was busted off. Gave it to him for Christmas, he got a kick out of it. Mounted one for a girl I worked with, for her husband last year for Christmas too - had a ten inch spikes with one inch long point on one of them.

some pictures of the second one.

Keep the Sun at Your Back and the Wind in Your Face

JACKELOPE · Apr 24, 2006

i have one at home about that size with 3 pts on one and 4 on the other. thats where i get my nickname.
tiniest rack i've ever seen.

cmiddleton · Apr 25, 2006

LAST EDITED ON Apr-25-06 AT 06:15PM (MST)[p]i found about 6 spikes this year think i'm looking to hard to pick them up with binos.
i also found a jackalopes shed it was a 3 or 4 point but is smaller than any of my 2 points i'll try to find it and get a pic.
after all i'm only40 miles from douglas the jackalope capital of the world.

BoNe_HuNtEr · Apr 25, 2006

I have seen a lot smaller and have a couple myself!

BSHunter · Apr 25, 2006

LAST EDITED ON Apr-25-06 AT 10:47PM (MST)[p]Here is a Jackalope shed I picked up a couple of years ago in N. Az. - OOps it looks like I need to resize my pics.

BS Hunting Club Co-founder

ELKMASTER101 · Apr 27, 2006

jackelope, is correct, i hit 2 of them in wyoming last year one stuck in my tire didn't notice it untill my tire went flat.
the other inpailed the side of my truck right behind the back tire.
both of which i had mounted.
one 8 point and one 9 point.

smokepolejohnson · Apr 27, 2006

Like my grandpa willis said "You cant eat the horns"

Bozeman · Apr 29, 2006

Uncleantler, Don't give up on finding that other side. A buck that big won't pack that other side very far. Start by making circling patterns around were you found the last one........................ Laughing

browtine · Apr 29, 2006

I was fortunate enough to stumble across this "Mature" jackalope shed a while ago..

How about a nontypical jackalope?!?!?!?

Later, Brandon

Forkhorn · Apr 29, 2006

LAST EDITED ON Apr-29-06 AT 10:36PM (MST)[p]Do you think Jackelope can be evil too?

Forkhorn · Apr 29, 2006

Here is a Jackelope shed that would get his butt kicked by all of your jackelope

Dawgs · Jul 10, 2006

Just thought I'd get my pic on the right thread:

I did just find a cute little seven-inch spike; but after seeing a couple of the posts here, I guess it's even bigger than I knew...

AZtrophyhunter · Jul 10, 2006

Those are all cool pictures, thanks for sharing everybody.

MrB · Jul 10, 2006

Does anyone know where I can find a nice mature Jackelope skull?
I think there might be a market for reproduction skulls with all the sheds you guys are finding!
Thanks, Mike