I actually watched a buck shed an antler three years ago. I was in a tree when a buck with a single four point antler came up over a creek bank walking toward me. He stopped at about 25 yards, shook his head vigorously when the antler flew off. I couldn't believe how far he threw it! The antler made a high arch, landing almost 40 feet from where the buck was standing! He then walked right under my stand, one base scabbed over with the other blood red. He never even walked over to check it out. I know if I was a buck, I sure would have walked over to check out my own antler! Ha! The sad part was that I had my camcorder all set up but hadn't hit the record button. Yes, I did climb down later to pick up the shed. Another time, I was hunting out of state. When I got home, I discovered I got a trail camera photo of a buck in front of my camera. His head was all blurred and his remaining antler was in mid-air about a foot above his head! Both the antler and deer's head were blurry. Unfortunately, I didn't look at the photos on that camera until a couple days later after I went home. Then to make matters even worse, I accidentally deleted the photo! I was very upset with myself. Interestingly, when I pulled the trail camera, I noticed no shed antler there in front of it. I later realized he probably threw his antler off to the side in tall grass as well. It was probably laying close by in the weeds but definitely was not in front of the camera.
Topic: Great Shed Story (Read 461 times)
