CO Dead head... officially 179 1/8"

[judders87]

I smelled him day before archery elk season opened and investigated opening day to find him. Smelled terrible but luckily I had some contractor bags to haul his head out. In my downtime at camp I peeled away at his skull which was full of maggots and such. Luckily I have a strong stomach. Got him officially measured in November to find out I was 7/8" short of B&C dead head. Still was an awesome find and I have something to remember the trip with.


Video from the elk hunt where I found him

 

[lyingflatlander]

Lucky find! Congrats!

 

[HiMtnHntr]

Nice buck. How did contacting the warden go?

 

[judders87]

Nice buck. How did contacting the warden go?

Easy. Called in and they said you only need to report Big Horn Sheep, Mountain Goats, and I think maybe Moose. Other stuff is fine to take. Obviously i had proof that he had been dead awhile too.

 

[Geewhiz]

How do you suspect it died? Was there an archery hunt before you found him? Or did it look like a predator?

 

[HiMtnHntr]

Interesting. I thought they made a law that you have to report deer over a certain width. … Great Buck.

 

[judders87]

How do you suspect it died? Was there an archery hunt before you found him? Or did it look like a predator?

Predator for sure. Kinda stuffed under a tree and he was found on opening day of archery.

 

[lyingflatlander]

Found this dead head 20 years ago in a very popular Colorado unit. Brought him right to Fish and Game to hear straight from the warden there was no fee or penalty for pick ups. Sweet…

 

[Rudymissouri]

That’s definitely a nice rack

 

[LongWayAround]

That's a cool find!

This is the best deadhead that I have found. I believe it was probably a lion kill.

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[bohntr]

Nice find…..should have posted him up over on MM…..he’d grow at least 20” over there! 😁

 

[highcountrymuley]

Rug is first muley I killed, skull is 30" deadhead found in 2009 -winterkill.

 

[D_Dubya]

Nice find. Always a mix of emotions to find big deadheads. I found the deadhead in the pic below about 3 hours prior to killing the buck that is mounted. Took pictures and left the deadhead where I found it, just under 5 miles from the trailhead. Sent pics the the game warden the next day and he told me no problem to pick it up so I went back and got it.

 

[Tracker15]

Stud buck!


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[hoyt-guy]

Great find & great buck!!

 

[GringoBling]

That's a great find.

I found a 300 class 6x6 elk deadhead several years ago. Told some locals about it and they knew the guy that shot and couldn't retrieve the bull in the same place I was hunting. So I gave it to them, presumably finding its way back to the original hunter.

 

[tracker12]

Cant believe all the Brenda's that come out of the woodwork questioning the find.

 

[awbowhunter]

Nice find!

 

[warrior]

Great find