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I was after mule deer sheds in one of my good areas as it was too windy to shoot but found a lot of other "sheds". No deer sheds but it is a low density area and I already know whats in there. Desert tortoises make burrows in the sides of our desert washes and this area also happens to be loaded with them. My wife and I were not even trying and found 6 good ones in a 5 mile loop. Thought some may get a kick of of them.
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What's with the "white stripe" on three of them?
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Sun took a bit of their top shell off...
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Gotcha,thanks. Nice find.
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Whatever you are willing to put up with, is exactly what you will have.
When your ship comes in. ... make sure you are willing to unload it.
PAYPAL, sucks and I will never use them again. I recommend you do the same.
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Happy B-Day Greg!!
What do you do with the shells??
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around here prescribed burns reek havoc on box tortoises
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Shells are in my backyard. Kind of like a shed pile -
Thanks for the well wishes -
These are not burned shells. I just was in an area with great desert tortoise habitat and I suspect since they are all about the same size they just died naturally.
We found a few live ones crawling around too -
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That's a cool find! Where I deer/turkey hunt in IN is loaded with box turtles, but I've yet to find a shell 'unoccupied'.
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you going to make some helmets?
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- Greg
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There's box turtles all over where I live and hunt. Probably find an old shell every time I walk the woods. Seems like the longer they sit unoccupied the more of the colorful outside layer of shell comes off. I once found one with both ends closed up and all the bones rattlin around inside.
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Last week my landlord picked up a small set of moose sheds. They weren't sheds until he shot the bull in the head, however..... Kinda late for a moose to still be decorated , but this one was.
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