Trying to find the owner of this white tail rack

[Orion Vogeler]

Found in Colorado on the side of a road.

 

[Legend]

If you can't find the owner I would be willing to store it for you.

 

[wytx]

See if there is a local town nearby with FB page and post found antlers without a pic.

What part of the state were they found?

 

[h2so4]

@Orion Vogeler your first post is epic and many ways. Hope you find the right person for this.

 

[dtrkyman]

The owner is dead!

 

[Btaylor]

The owner is dead!

LOL, I was going to suggest to start checking local freezers.

 

[Panhandler80]

Nice shed!

 

[MuleyFever]

Nice shed!

Wait, do deer shed their skull plate in FL?

Nice buck though.

 

[Panhandler80]

Wait, do deer shed their skull plate in FL?

Nice buck though.

I archery hunt a lot on a very small piece, but always have a hard time finding my buck. While looking for arrowed deer I’ve found probably a dozen sheds with skull still attached.

 

[wildwilderness]

I archery hunt a lot on a very small piece, but always have a hard time finding my buck. While looking for arrowed deer I’ve find probably a dozen sheds with skull still attached.

If the skull is attached it is NOT a shed. The buck would be dead, thus you can call it a dead head if most of the skull is there. A shed is a result of the natural process of the antler falling off the skull, while the deer is still alive

This post looks like a skull cap- that was cut. So someone probably lost it after a hunt or in transportation, or their dog or coyote drug it off and lost it, or potentially poached and hidden or disposed of.

 

[Panhandler80]

If the skull is attached it is NOT a shed. The buck would be dead, thus you can call it a dead head if most of the skull is there. A shed is a result of the natural process of the antler falling off the skull, while the deer is still alive

This post looks like a skull cap- that was cut. So someone probably lost it after a hunt or in transportation, or their dog or coyote drug it off and lost it, or potentially poached and hidden or disposed of.

Whatever you say Capt Biologist!

 

[MuleyFever]

 

[Tmac]

I archery hunt a lot on a very small piece, but always have a hard time finding my buck. While looking for arrowed deer I’ve found probably a dozen sheds with skull still attached.

You are finding deadheads with a partial skull attached. The picture sure looks like that too. The antler sheds at or very close to the pedicle and the skull remains with the deer. I suppose there is a wild chance of a deer sluffing off part of it’s skull due to a deformity or such, but not 10+. Exposing the brain to outside air and contaminants is not a recognized survival strategy to the best of my knowledge. Maybe spend some time learning actual deer biology. But thanks for the laugh.

 

[Panhandler80]

You are finding deadheads with a partial skull attached. The picture sure looks like that too. The antler sheds at or very close to the pedicle and the skull remains with the deer. I suppose there is a wild chance of a deer sluffing off part of it’s skull due to a deformity or such, but not 10+. Exposing the brain to outside air and contaminants is not a recognized survival strategy to the best of my knowledge. Maybe spend some time learning actual deer biology. But thanks for the laugh.

You mean a deer’s entire head can’t fall off and grow back?

 

[Btaylor]

You mean a deer’s entire head can’t fall off and grow back?

Cat's can but they have 9 lives.

 

[Tmac]

You mean a deer’s entire head can’t fall off and grow back?

You tell me, you are the deer expert or are you a free troll?

 

[Thebigbaby]

@OG DramaLlama ??

 

[wytx]

Capt Biologist, good one but your ignorance is showing too.
Sheds do not have part of the skull attached, they shed at the pedicle. Part of the pedicle may stay attached.

 

[Panhandler80]

Capt Biologist, good one but your ignorance is showing too.
Sheds do not have part of the skull attached, they shed at the pedicle. Part of the pedicle may stay attached.

I am quite certain that an animal’s head can fall off and regenerate. What you aren’t taking into consideration is time of year, food sources, pressure and wx.

Trust me, it happens.

 

[Lil-Rokslider]

I am quite certain that an animal’s head can fall off and regenerate. What you aren’t taking into consideration is time of year, food sources, pressure and wx.

Trust me, it happens.

I love that people are still responding to you like "well actually a deers head can't fall off and regrow, do some research, because you sound ignorant about deer science!"