IA Born Report post Posted April 6, 2015 My wife and I both had last Friday (Good Friday) off, so we dropped the kids off at school and took off shed hunting. About 45 minutes into the hike, I looked down to see a "branch antler" sticking up. After verifying that it was, indeed a juniper branch, I happened to look farther downhill and saw a definite fresh brown antler! After four long years of looking and only finding 1-3 year old antlers or broken pieces, I finally found my first fresh brown elk antler, complete with some blood on the base. Pup had to check it out, too. We searched for the match, but came up empty. We ended up hiking a little over seven miles for the day, dropping in and out of/crossing a couple of canyons and walking some very unforgiving, rocky mesas, but this was the only one we found on the hike.Back at the truck, with two tired dogs. As we were driving back home along the Forest Road, my wife yelled at me to stop because she saw a branch that looked like an antler, 40 yards off the road. I looked across her and without my binos, knew we had brown number two for the day. The ironic part is that, because of where it was, we drove past it on the way in and it was on my side! It was a small 4-point side from a raghorn, but its still a great find! This was an awesome Good Friday! Our total haul for the day. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big Browns Report post Posted April 6, 2015 Very cool, Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shedcrazy45 Report post Posted April 6, 2015 cool! I found 3 small browns this weekend, I think 2 might be a rag horn set but you can never tell with them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Xforcebaby Report post Posted April 6, 2015 That's just awesome. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Non-Typical Solutions Report post Posted April 6, 2015 Nice job....sounds fun....one thing I have decided for sure....branches always end up being branches but antlers are always antlers with no exception.....glad you were able to catch that 2nd one on the way back through....... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Christian2 Report post Posted April 6, 2015 Awesome! Congrats on your first brown! Those are definitely neat finds. Can't beat Browns!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
capoeirajosh Report post Posted April 7, 2015 Awesome finds! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mc68 Report post Posted April 8, 2015 Good job and congrats on your first brown! Sounds like a great day spent in Gods country Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Seldom Drawn Report post Posted April 9, 2015 Very Nice I found a 260 6x 6 200 yards from your second pic on Easter Sunday with all the tire tracks I was blown away no one spotted it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IA Born Report post Posted April 9, 2015 Very Nice I found a 260 6x 6 200 yards from your second pic on Easter Sunday with all the tire tracks I was blown away no one spotted it. That's both awesome and funny because it definitely wasn't there on Good Friday! Give me a shout if you ever need a partner up here! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted April 9, 2015 Great find, congrats! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WallHanger Report post Posted April 9, 2015 Very Nice I found a 260 6x 6 200 yards from your second pic on Easter Sunday with all the tire tracks I was blown away no one spotted it.200 yards? Wow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shedhunteraz Report post Posted April 9, 2015 Nice job always good to find some fresh browns Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
