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09-26-2016, 08:54 PM
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57" Moose sheds
Me and the boys were out grouse hunting and stumbled onto these. They were about two feet apart. Might have to switch zones on my moose draw.
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09-26-2016, 08:57 PM
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Nice find
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09-26-2016, 08:58 PM
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Holy! Nice salad spoons!
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09-26-2016, 09:27 PM
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Awesome photo!
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09-27-2016, 01:56 AM
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Cool !!!
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09-27-2016, 07:58 AM
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Wow awesome find.
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09-27-2016, 05:19 PM
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Looks like two different Bulls to me. One side looks nothing like the other
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09-27-2016, 05:39 PM
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I know but what are the chances they were 2 feet apart?
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09-27-2016, 06:24 PM
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That's time well spent!
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09-27-2016, 07:20 PM
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Get those implanted!!!
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09-27-2016, 09:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Lonie
I know but what are the chances they were 2 feet apart?
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Maybe from the same Bull, but from different years.
I was in a helicopter on a training flight. Of course I spent most of my time looking for sheds. lol....
Spotted a big moose shed and told the pilot to bring her down.
Jumped out and ran over to the shed, picked it up and saw another smaller shed underneath.
Same bull, same side, one a year older than the other....
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09-27-2016, 09:07 PM
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I'd say that's two different bulls as well.
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09-27-2016, 09:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Lonie
I know but what are the chances they were 2 feet apart?
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I've seen 4-8 big Bulls together grouped up after the season is over. Could have been pushing on each other and dropped. Or the second bull could have leaned down to smell the dropped shed and he dropped his. Found patches of sheds in the mountains where Bulls winter before too.
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09-27-2016, 09:32 PM
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I guess anything is possible. They are quite different.
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09-27-2016, 09:39 PM
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Nice set!,,
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09-28-2016, 10:09 AM
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Bulls will yard up in winter. A few years back found 6-7 sheds all in an area of about 500 square feet. Quite a great moose area on the Notikewan river.
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09-28-2016, 07:19 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Torkdiesel
Looks like two different Bulls to me. One side looks nothing like the other
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First thing I thought as well, cool find no doubt!!
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09-28-2016, 07:33 PM
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Those are awesome sheds. I'm sure you guys were happy to find those
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09-28-2016, 07:41 PM
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Back when there was still a huntable population of moose in Swan Hills, my buddy and I were on a trip, and I found a nice shed.
A week later, he shoots a 40-something inch bull and I took one look and said, "I think that shed we found earlier, is from the bull moose you just shot."
We held the shed up to my buddy's moose and sure enough, they were exact.
Yes, the shape of the brow tines, palms and all that was almost identical.
But when I say exact, I mean, every blood vessel, in the bone, was the exact same position. Not a deviation in how those blood vessel patterns were laid out.
It was very interesting to see.
Btw, those are decent sheds, but I'll be the first to say they don't look like a 57" bull to me. Mid 40's" I'd say.
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09-28-2016, 08:38 PM
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Easily over 50" in my eyes
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09-28-2016, 08:51 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Demonical
Back when there was still a huntable population of moose in Swan Hills, my buddy and I were on a trip, and I found a nice shed.
A week later, he shoots a 40-something inch bull and I took one look and said, "I think that shed we found earlier, is from the bull moose you just shot."
We held the shed up to my buddy's moose and sure enough, they were exact.
Yes, the shape of the brow tines, palms and all that was almost identical.
But when I say exact, I mean, every blood vessel, in the bone, was the exact same position. Not a deviation in how those blood vessel patterns were laid out.
It was very interesting to see.
Btw, those are decent sheds, but I'll be the first to say they don't look like a 57" bull to me. Mid 40's" I'd say.
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Cool story
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