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anyone else get the "fever" in the spring?
 
Posts: 2141 | Location: enjoying my freedom in wyoming | Registered: 13 January 2006Reply With Quote
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Hey Ravenr

I hope those antler sheds are from past years?
Because looking in the back ground I thought you might have more snow up in you're neck of the woods this year. Are the Bighorn Sheep still down low, I was hoping to run up there next weekend and take some pictures? Nice sheds by the way and thanks for the pictures.

Steve
 
Posts: 847 | Location: Wyoming | Registered: 13 March 2005Reply With Quote
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Nice pile of sheds. Do you sell them? make any money selling them?
 
Posts: 362 | Location: St.Louis Mo | Registered: 15 December 2005Reply With Quote
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Nice sheds. Two of my sons went in on horse back Wed. to see what they could find. I think they got snowed on though.
 
Posts: 10478 | Location: N.W. Wyoming | Registered: 22 February 2003Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by ravenr: anyone else get the "fever" in the spring?


I do. I have picked up a few in the past week.

I do look forward to this time of year. They are like little nuggets of gold for me! I do not sell them, I keep them.

That is a nice "catch" you have there.
 
Posts: 6265 | Location: Dallas, TX | Registered: 13 July 2001Reply With Quote
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Photos from Saturday, these bulls were about 600 yds. THey haven;t shed yet.






 
Posts: 10478 | Location: N.W. Wyoming | Registered: 22 February 2003Reply With Quote
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sorry fellas i was out trying to find a horn all weekend.steve last time i was up the river/2 weeks ago they were still down.
josh,i do sell some mostly they make a mound in the corner of the wood shop.
nice group of bulls kudu,looks like the snow is deep there also.
wendell,what sort of horns are you finding?
 
Posts: 2141 | Location: enjoying my freedom in wyoming | Registered: 13 January 2006Reply With Quote
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My other favorite sport is this:


Even though sometimes it's more like this:



Frank



"I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money."
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Posts: 12695 | Location: Kentucky, USA | Registered: 30 December 2002Reply With Quote
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I've only picked up two single 6pt shed's while hunting in WY and MT, but several Mulie shed's in WY. Those are great looking sheds ravenr!
As for my "other" hobbies:






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Dave.....cool pics bro!
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Thanks Wapiti7, that's what I thought when I saw ravenr's pile 'o antlers Smiler All the pics were nice, but I can hear Frank's Tuna sizzle on the grill.


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Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt:
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Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142
Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007
http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007
16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more:
http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409
Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311
Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added
http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941
10 days in the Stormberg Mountains
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322
Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017
http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232

"Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson

Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running......

"If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you."
 
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I have a garage full of elk horns, wife says no more enough is enough!!

My other sport is team roping steers with my grandson and its my number one sport, hunting is second these days, many years ago I turned hunting from a hobby to a business, maybe a bad move, not sure! bewildered

Can't post pictures of my roping, but probably not much intereste along those lines on this thread!


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I am not accusing any of your guys so don't get me wrong. But There has been a lot of guys chasing elk and deer on winter range using dogs, snow mobiles, atv's, horses, trucks. They try to hit the horns with baseball bats and clubs. When I hear about some of the stuff that bad shed hunters do it makes me sick. I am sure most guys don't do that but the ones that do are giving the rest a black eye. At some point I think they need to make a shed hunting season to let the animals get through the winter.
Ron
 
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At some point I think they need to make a shed hunting season to let the animals get through the winter.


Same here in Wy. The elk in the above photos had been pushed by horse back shed hunters. THe photos are from about 600 yds. We watched them push the elk from lower elevation to the top of the peaks and they went over the top. Look at their mouths.

Yes a season, like April 15th.
 
Posts: 10478 | Location: N.W. Wyoming | Registered: 22 February 2003Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by Idaho Ron:
I am not accusing any of your guys so don't get me wrong. But There has been a lot of guys chasing elk and deer on winter range using dogs, snow mobiles, atv's, horses, trucks. They try to hit the horns with baseball bats and clubs. When I hear about some of the stuff that bad shed hunters do it makes me sick. I am sure most guys don't do that but the ones that do are giving the rest a black eye. At some point I think they need to make a shed hunting season to let the animals get through the winter.
Ron


First of all, I sahre your concerns regarding animals on the wintering ground and the undue pressure put on them by a overeager shed hunters.

That being said, I know ravenr well and I guarantee he does it the right way. Dude is a class act and spends a lot of hours in the outdoors. I learned a lot from him when we used to guide together.

As for shed seasons, northern UT has one and from what I understand WY has begun to follow suit. Apparently a lot of the guys that hunt them in UT started going to WY when they made a season and WY has had a lot of pressure.

In an interview on the Jim Rome Show, John Calipari said that it doesnt take but a miniscule amount of feces to ruin a 5 gallon tub of ice cream. He was talking about how one player with no morals or values can ruin a team. Same holds true for shed hunters

DL
 
Posts: 2093 | Location: Windsor, CO | Registered: 06 December 2005Reply With Quote
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I forgot to mention that those are some great shots Flaco, looks like you guys picked up some mighty fine bone.

DL
 
Posts: 2093 | Location: Windsor, CO | Registered: 06 December 2005Reply With Quote
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ray,i guess the interest level would depend on
header or heeler?,fast and hard ,overhand or underhand?and how many fingers do you own? have you busted 6? maybe another thread...
drum, the photo is from last year,was sitting around chaffing to get out these last couple weekends but we are covered up in snow and more hitting the ground as we speak.it was a great run,picked up 13 brown elk, a set of 175ish mule deer and a moose paddle in 1 day.
 
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