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zekers

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Went out today for a few hours in some whitetail country in Colorado. Too early for the muleys, but I was hoping some river rats had dropped. Lo and Behold, I found my best whitetail right off the bat.

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I spent the next couple of hours searching for his mate with no luck. If his other side matched, and given a 15 inch inside spread, he would score about 139. I decided to search a small piece of bottom before heading back to the truck and forgot all about my previous find.

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I couldn't believe what I was looking at. After a few pics and jumping around, I looked up to see if I could find the other side. Right on the other side of the trail was this.

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This buck was fantastic, by far my best. It has 25 and 23 inch main beams, 41.5 INCHES OF MASS, and with a 16 inch inside spread scores 182 2/8. As you can see, in another month, the grass would have swallowed these treasures up. They still had a little blood and the wax rings. Check out the eyegaurd on the right side. I can only hope the rest of my season is half as good. Enjoy.
 
Well zekers,
I think you better put the shed huntin boots up for the year cause that's gonna be hard to beat. If you don't mind me askin, what part of CO are you in? I am in Sterling and walked my butt off last year in that exact kind of stuff and the whiteys are pretty good at hiding their horns in there. But that is absolutely awesome man and good luck this year buddy.
Dusty
 
Dusty, east of the Springs. You have bigger whitetails and muleys up in your neck of the woods. I'm pretty new at looking for whitetail sheds, but all of the ones I have found are within 3 yards of a trail. Gotta look now thru march before the creek bottoms get to overgrown. Good luck this spring.
 
Awesome find. Would love to see a picture of them together - out of the grass. Congrats.

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WOW, those really put them in perspective. Huge! Awesome sheds man. Congrats again.

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