Found these this morning while checking water, they score 185 5/8 biggest shed's I have found so far this spring. Rio7

Unbelievable
Awesome

Ought to be the biggest you’ll ever find.

Dandy, Love the drops.

Congrats

Jerry

reloader28, largest shed's I've found on the ranch are 207 3/8, some years are better than others. Rio7

That's a dandy set of bone!

i might head out this afternoon for the first hunt of the year. might be a tad early here but there should be some. i love finding a nice shed. my best is a matched set about 1/2 the size of those though. those are some beauties.

Found these last year at the the same location. Rio7

Rio, you looking to adopt a middle-aged son?

Rio; great sheds thanks for sharing.

GRF

Wow, nice find

Holy Moly!! Shut my mouth.

Very nice! I need to get out and take a look and see what's laying around.

Whew....

Giants....

I'm from Texas, Skane ain't...I'm also available for adoption. Just saying.. grin.....

Well DAMN!

Scott has crabs and will likely infect your home.

GregW is a cross-dresser and doesn’t own a toothbrush.

I am completely up to speed on my shots, and have better than average hygiene.

I’ll start packing my bags for next fall....

Dave

Kingston will pick up garbage on your range without having to be asked or told!

Middle aged! Ha!

BOTH SETS OF SHEDS LOOK SUPER ! hopefully you guys get a chance next fall to get that buck. thanks for the pictures.Pete53

Found these last year's lock up's last evening while pig hunting. Rio7

Thems some horns Rio!

-jake

I'm trying to figure out how they got locked up backwards.

KMS< I have another set locked up backwards, I think one of them flips the other over and they lock up ?? Rio7

Makes sense. Just never seen it before.

LMAO 😂😎

Cool buck!!

Great finds, Rio!

Never could figure out why they both just don't get up and walk away when they shed them...

Rio....about those adoption offers I'm a canuck and we'all be ever so polite so you can can pick me above the other "offers"......sorry guys

Sorry fella's but I get the same offers every time I go to town, Texas, is big but our closest town is small and word gets around that we have good deer and quail hunting here, we get a lot of offer's from people that want to help. Rio7

I don't necessarily want to help, Rio. I sure will...no doubt...

But it's like this, I need guidance in my life and a mentor like you could provide that, I believe.

These other guys just want access to hunt. Pffft


"I" love you, man.

Rio: Wow! And good for you.
I saw two young men scanning for Elk sheds with spotting scopes on Montana's Fleecer Mountain two days ago - they did not exit their truck at any of the four spots I saw them scanning from though.
The Mule Deer in my yard and the adjacent fields still all seem to have their horns (small racks).
Again good for you.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

I'd trade you for a trophy mule deer hunt

Found this one yesterday. Should be a beauty this fall.

jdunham, That's a Dandy, Rio7

This is all I mustered up Sunday but someone thought it was great

My finds so far

More bones, Checked 24 water tanks yesterday, this is what I collected. Rio7

Even from as far away, as Arkansas and Louisiana. miles

I was talking to my bro-in-law just last sun and he had gotten back from his property here in Missouri sat night. He said there was a group of deer in the field sat morning that had 4 bucks that still had their antlers. That’s as late of a drop I’ve heard of. Rio I sure wish I was closely related to you. That’s a gold mine.

Miles, I'm building my pile back up from when you and Ole Man, Randy, took a pickup load of shed's the last time you were here, got a least another pick up load for you. Rio7

That is what surprised me when I went out west that sheds were in piles just bleaching in the sun like so much garbage. It is a rare shed in the Midwest that hasn't been gnawed by mice, squirrels, porcupines and according to Leonard Lee Rue lll in his book the Deer of North America, even the deer themselves for the little sheds. I suspect our little stuff need a calcium supplement.

I'm sure you do. LOL!

Because it's difficult to leave your own skull behind. If they were fighting when one dropped, it would be different, but they may starve, and will likely die of lack of water before that happens. I've seen video of one buck down and gored, while the victor keeps attacking until there is no further response at all. I've seen video of hunters working to release locked up bucks, with one down and the other trapped and exhausted. If those antlars are not ready to drop, it will not likely happen fast enough to save either deer.
I've posted a deer head that looks part unicorn, because of an extra antler, but if you look close, you will see most of the points broken off by fighting. But the base antlers remain very firmly attached to the skull.

Saw Ed to many letters shoot the antler off of one to free them. With his pistol. miles

Blue, I don't think we will be doing that again. At least not to the person from last time. I will let Randy explain. Although I did eat the best Butterfly Shrimp on that trip that I have ever had. I think we were in Orange, Tx. but not sure. miles

You're right about that, Miles. Next time I see Blue, I'll tell him about that fiasco. Never again!

rio7 do you want to sell any? I need some I can get 5 or 6 in long 1/2 in thick 3/4 in wide straight for knife handles or trade a knife for .these fla deer don't have much to work with