This is only the third shed antler I have ever found, and it is definitely the biggest. Only one of the three antlers did I find while actually looking for sheds. The other two have just been by accident. This one is missing the brow tine, but still tapes out at over 40". That's not bad for a mainframe 8-point.
On Tuesday morning my dad and I decided to sit together for the hunt. We both sat on the ground - he on one side of a tree and me on the other. Shortly after sunrise I thought I would see if I could get a response to some antler rattling. After one rattling sequence, I heard my dad whisper, "Rob, here's one." I looked back over my shoulder and a young 4-point had responded to the call and was standing about 30 yards in front of my dad.
Since we got such a good response I thought I would try it again. So I made another rattling sequence and this time we had a nice little 8-point come in. I was able to snap a picture with my phone looking over my dad's shoulder.
These close encounters are what make deer hunting so much fun! This little buck lived to see another day and hopefully I can rattle him in again when he grows up.
2 comments:
Wow this scene surely reminds me of the many hours i spent in the southwest Texas mesquite brush country when i was down in that neck of the woods working on a whitetail deer ranch.
Wow what beautiful, unique terrain.
By the way, mesquite wood cooked down into coals cooks one heck of a meal out of wild boar.
Oh, yeah, wild boar unlike any that i have ever had, very clean tasting meat after cooking all day on this mesquite wood.
Chris
Eastern NC
Quackycalls.com
It is always a treat to find a shed antler no matter what the size and that was a nice one. I have a pair of antlers that i use for rattling, I picked them up at a flea market one year.
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