No bone left behind??

[Wileycoyote]

I covered a lot of ground chasing elk this year. During all the hiking and even while carrying out a elk hind quarter, I found myself crawling under a cedar tree to pick up a shed. I just can't seem to leave them behind. Definitely added quite a few lbs to my pack on the way out. I've always heard of people saying how many they find and just leave them. Just curious if that's the norm, or does everybody else bring em out too??

 

[Fitzwho]

It would have to be chewed all to hell before I would leave one behind. Love sheds. Carried out 4 elk sheds during one failed stalk on a cow hunt last year, without a pack. Just bear hugged them along with my rifle to carry them back to the truck. Only one I left behind was a mulie shed that I saw on the stalk I ended up shooting my cow on and just ended up walking out a different way.

That shed you found with the crazy kicker is killer. Also the Moose, awesome.

 

[archer wapiti]

I leave them unless I'm imminently heading back to the truck. Left behind two elk sheds and a 5 x 5 deadhead on my last hunt. Only exception to that is the tiniest Coues' (I assume) spike I've ever seen. It's about 2 inches long and 5/8 inch in diameter at the base. Wasn't a burden to carry out.

 

[5MilesBack]

Last year I ran into a guy that was carrying two elk scapula's. He was so excited to have found "moose sheds", that I didn't have the heart to break the bad news to him.

 

[bhunter23]

I think it is awesome that you guys can find sheds like that. Those are some nice finds.

 

[dreamingbig]

I found this deadhead this year and had to leave it behind. I did stash it in hopes of retrieving next year.

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[Middleofnowhere]

I passed on carrying out a few sheds, just didn't have the will to add any more weight to the pack LOL

 

[Doghed]

Last year I ran into a guy that was carrying two elk scapula's. He was so excited to have found "moose sheds", that I didn't have the heart to break the bad news to him.

I'm still laughing about little Coues moose running around.

 

[vanish]

I can't leave them behind either. Luckily, I don't find them very often!

I once found a matched pair of moose sheds while elk hunting. I made it about an hour before I said screw this and took them the 3 miles back to the truck. Those things are damn heavy.

 

[skaldugwas]

There are few kinds of people that leave sheds and antlers behind.
At one end of the spectrum you have the guy who tells EVERYONE about how they leave sheds behind
And how they don't even bring the rack from kills home with them. This is next level ego masturbation. They think its a power move but I think it make you a douche.

On the other end you have the guy who never tells anyone about leaving sheds and trophies in the woods. These people bewilder me and even frighten me a little. But they have my respect.

I think everyone else falls in between some where.


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[Kilboars]

I bring all I can find. The small ones my wife will even bleach and put in a clear glass bowl as a table center arraignment.

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[Sodbuster]

I latch on to all of them even if I have to stash them and go back.

 

[kestump]

No antler gets left in the woods!

 

[AdamRappe]

No antler gets left in the woods!

No antler! No matter what!

 

[kestump]

Brought this one out with me yesterday!

 

[Shepherd]

I normally take every antler I find but ended up leaving behind this (and a few other smaller) great Caribou skull behind - just too heavy to lug around, especially when the pack is full of meat and sheep horns.

 

[TheCougar]

I feel like I’m doing something wrong... I’ve found one shed in several years of hunting. I’ve done two elk hunts totaling 15 days so far this year, and the only antlers I found were attached to live bulls. What am I doing wrong? Are sheds in particular areas? Am I just missing them?

 

[Ross]

Depends on the day if I will pack them but for sure will stash and get later. All about finding wintering grounds for the given area as to whether you will find sheds. Every state and area is different.