A new Roosevelt shed

[Little Big Man MT Chris]

in Oregon, Roosevelt’s don’t migrate to a wintering ground , low elevation and little snow here if any our elk just roam the same country year round , couple that with very thick brush and cover , finding a Roosevelt shed is mostly just being lucky , finally got my hands on my 4th Rosie shed and was 2 years and 10 months in between from finding my last one , the elk here like to walk old overgrown logging roads and use them for travel rather than always beating the brush when they can , and that’s where I found this years shed , discovered on a morning hike April 26th










When inspecting the shed you could see where he was rubbing his antler on an alder tree to try to bust it loose


I hiked all over trying to find the match but no luck, when I got back close to my truck, I discovered the alder he was rubbing , his hair was still pressed into the tree bark




after finding this tree I was able determine where he came from and his general travel direction, and did another search to no avail. But was still an amazing day

 

[Jc2020]

That’s a nice find

 

[p_ham]

Lucky you got to before it got chewed up!
I wonder if they itch when they're ready to drop?

 

[Little Big Man MT Chris]

Lucky you got to before it got chewed up!
I wonder if they itch when they're ready to drop?

they must bother them as they loosen , as I’ve spent more time looking for Roosevelts sheds It’s really common to find trees like that and it looks like they don’t rub them the way they do during the rut where they’re rubbing the whole antler they get right down at the base by their head and just scratch them on the base, two days before I found the shed i posted , I was looking somewhere else on an old overgrown logging road and I found like 10 trees that have probably been rubbed in the last two weeks in about a 300 yard area where that bull had been trying to break loose his antlers and I looked for a long time I never did find them. but When you see the rubs it’s easy to tell how new when you look down at the base of the tree you can see all the new shavings on top of the leaves from last fall. Here’s a few pics of the place I searched that Friday
2 days before I found the shed posted






even though I didn’t find his shed , I enjoy knowing another branch bull survived another season , I’ll probably put a camera up there this month , Since he’ll probably go up there throughout the summer and see if I can get a couple pictures of what he looks like.

 

[Little Big Man MT Chris]

Did a 5 mile hike tonight with a buddy in one of our areas for archery this fall , looking to maybe put up one last trail camera before season opens Aug 29th , Didn’t find an elk trail we really liked but I did find my first Roosevelt spike shed so that got me fired up definitely made the 5.3 miles more than worth it tonight, taking home a little mountain treasure. Also saw 7 blacktails in the hike tonight


nice and bone white from laying in the summer sun , I’ll take it !!

 

[Mtnhunter1]

Might be a good spot to look for a spring bear. If that road was located in NW MT it wouldn't of had a chance to get bleached by the summer sun. Nice find!

 

[Little Big Man MT Chris]

Picked up 2 blacktail sheds , creeping on elk trails on Sunday . That makes 4 sheds on the year now , 2 elk and 2 deer . A new record for me , even though the squirrels 🐿 chewed them a little I still won’t leave them out there. There 2 hard to find.

 

[Little Big Man MT Chris]

Came across my 3rd blacktail shed this year out hunting Rosies today

 

[RookieSeason]

Nice find. Good luck looking for the other one.

 

[blaire458]

Great find!

 

[ShedHunterNate]

in Oregon, Roosevelt’s don’t migrate to a wintering ground , low elevation and little snow here if any our elk just roam the same country year round , couple that with very thick brush and cover , finding a Roosevelt shed is mostly just being lucky , finally got my hands on my 4th Rosie shed and was 2 years and 10 months in between from finding my last one , the elk here like to walk old overgrown logging roads and use them for travel rather than always beating the brush when they can , and that’s where I found this years shed , discovered on a morning hike April 26th
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When inspecting the shed you could see where he was rubbing his antler on an alder tree to try to bust it loose
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I hiked all over trying to find the match but no luck, when I got back close to my truck, I discovered the alder he was rubbing , his hair was still pressed into the tree bark
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after finding this tree I was able determine where he came from and his general trave

in Oregon, Roosevelt’s don’t migrate to a wintering ground , low elevation and little snow here if any our elk just roam the same country year round , couple that with very thick brush and cover , finding a Roosevelt shed is mostly just being lucky , finally got my hands on my 4th Rosie shed and was 2 years and 10 months in between from finding my last one , the elk here like to walk old overgrown logging roads and use them for travel rather than always beating the brush when they can , and that’s where I found this years shed , discovered on a morning hike April 26th
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When inspecting the shed you could see where he was rubbing his antler on an alder tree to try to bust it loose
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I hiked all over trying to find the match but no luck, when I got back close to my truck, I discovered the alder he was rubbing , his hair was still pressed into the tree bark
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after finding this tree I was able determine where he came from and his general travel direction, and did another search to no avail. But was still an amazing day

Awesome find! I've been searching high and low for some Roosevelt sheds in western Oregon lately with no luck. I located 7 young bulls and got em on my trail cam. They had several alder trees freshly tore up like the ones in your pictures. Found plenty of fresh sign and hitting the typical areas like south facing slopes, feeding areas etc but it's tough. On the plus side, I have found 3 nice 4 point blacktail sheds this year! One matching set just this last weekend. I'll include the photo.

 

[gouch]

The first elk shed I ever found was a Roosevelt. I was deer hunting when the effects of the previous nights dinner started to hit me. I went behind some brush to take care of some personal business and there was a nice four point antler laying there. My best find was this black horned deadhead I found while working.