2022 shed thread

[publichunter1]

Got out for the first time today and matched up a shed from last year that I walked within 30 yards of. Last picture is the match from last year.

 

[publichunter1]

I got out to do some hiking today. Saw 8 elk sheds through the spotter I couldn’t get as the elk were still there. I did come across this old muley shed. I guess it’s the year of the old ones for me.

 

[TheTone]

Hit my favorite spot the other day. Over the last few years I’ve averaged 6-10 a day here. This was the only find and a real lack of deer sign. Weird and disappointing

 

[Chad Gus]

A few small ones today

 

[The Hedgehog]

17/lb for brown elk. Has it ever been higher?

 

[EYJONAS!]

17/lb for brown elk. Has it ever been higher?

I wish that market would go away.....

Probably wouldn't help a ton but I bet it would slow it down a bit

 

[Redmt]

We have a small herd that cycles through every 4-5 days. My neighbor found this one that I'm pretty sure belongs to this guy.

 

[EYJONAS!]

3 solid days worth of mule deer shed hunting. All public land.

Think any of those are 30 tall? Or 164? Pretty solid representation of the species there.

 

[Nick87]

17/lb for brown elk. Has it ever been higher?

Seens to be a trend, has anything ever been higher than now?

 

[Mountain Mule]

Think any of those are 30 tall? Or 164? Pretty solid representation of the species there.

They are all 30+ tall and 28+ wide. Luckily I haven't checked my main hunting spots yet, so hopefully I can actually find some decent bucks that made it through the year. Been fewer and fewer every year where I hunt.

All jokes aside, it was pretty dismal this year. I covered a ton of ground and usually find at least one decent buck that had dropped. The nicest bone I found this year were all deadheads... and even those are only 3 year old deer.

 

[runningmt]

Yesterday’s fruit, all white

Interesting to find the pronghorn and mule deer deadheads 5 feet from each other

 

[TheTone]

I got 18/lb for brown elk last spring, deer was 15/lb. I won’t have much of a sell pile this spring but hoping prices held

 

[Big Sky Guy]

Seens to be a trend, has anything ever been higher than now?

$17-18 seems low, I was expecting $20+ this year based on how much EVERYTHING else in my life has gone up. Have to imagine fuel prices impact antler prices.

 

[EYJONAS!]

$17-18 seems low, I was expecting $20+ this year based on how much EVERYTHING else in my life has gone up. Have to imagine fuel prices impact antler prices.

Let's fukn hope not ...

 

[Pucky Freak]

My daughter hated walking through the briars and brush last year, and I reminded her of this recently. She still begged to tag along. She cried when we got poked by thorns, but lit up when we found this chewed-up little antler. You'd have thought we discovered the Holy Grail.

 

[jeremys4]

I saw this thread this morning mama wanted some alone time so I took the boy 7 and girl 5. Boy found this.

 

[thomas89]

 

[Chad Gus]

A first for me this afternoon, a weather balloon transmitter

 

[Redmt]

A first for me this afternoon View attachment 217159

'zactly what is it?

 

[golfer]

'zactly what is it?

My guess is a radiosonde.