Lucky Antler Hunt

[NVPete]

I'm about adept at shed huntin' as I am at huntin', which is pretty amateurish. Growing up, my three sons agreed Dad was really great at deer WALKING! So this yr. it seems, I've done a lot of shed antler WALKING. I had yet to find ONE elk antler, and have a pile of dink 2 and 3 pt. whitey buck deer antlers. The only brownie to date was a broke antlered "brow tine" from base to a couple of inches past the tine!! Such was my luck. Shows you how much LUCK sometimes comes into play. This morning, I was headin out, blowin' through the trees, heading up to Mt. Wilson east of Pioche. Well, a small buck ran across in a hurry, I decided to give chase with my video cam. It was pretty thick stuff, never saw the buck again. Hurryin' back to the truck, I came across a small 7-pt. "whitey", which was ok. I decided to follow the wash, then came across a 5-pt. muley (grey and chalky)...next I encountered the "whitey" 6x5 matched set. Followed the wash until it played out onto a sagebrush flat. On the way back to the truck, I found the heavy-based 4pt. "brownie", for my first brown elk antler of the year! Wish they all coulda been "brownies"...but a fun day just the same!!

 

[bigandtiney]

Nice finds, Pete!

The harder you work for them, the more they mean to you!

Keep walking! : )

Big And Tiney

On your way up the mountain, don't forget to look back and enjoy the view.

 

[fldrw22]

Pete ,Do you still live out past the lake ?

 

[MiLLiCRAZY]

nice finds Nvpete your doing way better than i am out there. one elk shed for me. i like that shed on the right it has a sweet split. good job!

 

[crazeymaez]

Way to go NVPete you keep at it all season.
glad you had some luck.

 

[idahoan]

Its allright NVpete we all have the slow times. I am in school which is great and all but hardly get the time to go out and even walk around yet look for sheds like I would like too. You'll hit the honey hole one of these days.

 

[fatrooster]

Pete, always glad to see your pictures and your stories. Congrats on the finds and thanks for posting the pictures. By the way,you have a big smile on your face, you haven't been seeing any more sheep out there have you? fatrooster.

 

[NVPete]

No more "friendly" sheep encounters! I have encountered several buck antelope, dozens of feral horses, though. I went back to the draw where I found the antlers hoping to find matches. Matched up the deer antler, but pretty busted up. No luck on the elk sheds, but I was surprised to jump what promises to be a dandy buck, though!