Somebody lost their antlers in unit 80

[corylee4870]

Not sure what happened here. Looks to be at least 2 years old.

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[Vandy321]

That was the last time a bull was shot in 80

 

[jolemons]

Very chalky, probably more like 5+ years old. May have been from a dead head and the finder decided they weren't worth packing out?

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[Scrappy]

Found a set of rattling antlers up in a tree once in Iowa. After several years I finally decided they were the plastic fake ones cause no tree rats ever ate them.

 

[Billy Goat]

Could be it was carried part of the way out, then hung in a tree to come back to get. Either they didn't come back or they did and couldn't find them. I know of a cape that happened to. Got put in a tree so bears wouldn't get it. Then never found.

 

[corylee4870]

My guess was that they meant to come back to get them but couldn’t find them or decided they were too tired and not worth it.
I have coordinates if anybody is claiming them.


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[corylee4870]

Very chalky, probably more like 5+ years old. May have been from a dead head and the finder decided they weren't worth packing out?

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Maybe, but not sure why they would have cut the skull cap off of a dead head.


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[Next Ridge]

I hope everyone can agree the most likely explanation is the hunter was stalked by a chupacabra on the way out and had to drop pack and run to avoid the same fate...couldn’t work up the nerve to go back after...

 

[HiMtnHntr]

Neat find. Lot older than a few years...

 

[wytx]

Maybe, but not sure why they would have cut the skull cap off of a dead head.


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Have you ever hauled out a drippy, stinky head ? The few minutes it takes to cut off the extra stinky stuff is well worth it for a long walk out.

 

[danarnold]

We just hunted 80 and the neighbors we had for the last three years told us stories about a pretty big group down the hill from us that poches regularly, they witnessed these guys bringing 2 6point skulls out that they thought we’re taken the year before and not tagged. Antlers are brown and skulls had been previously scanned, lower jaws and ivories.
Just hearsay...

 

[HairyScandinavian]

We just hunted 80 and the neighbors we had for the last three years told us stories about a pretty big group down the hill from us that poches regularly, they witnessed these guys bringing 2 6point skulls out that they thought we’re taken the year before and not tagged. Antlers are brown and skulls had been previously scanned, lower jaws and ivories.
Just hearsay...

I'm going with this. I read an article about a guy that got busted, he'd skin out the head and stash up in a tree and come back in the late summer and carry out as if he found a dead head.

 

[MuleyFever]

I'm going with this. I read an article about a guy that got busted, he'd skin out the head and stash up in a tree and come back in the late summer and carry out as if he found a dead head.

This is why it’s illegal to pick up dead heads in Utah.