Best Day Shed Hunting this Year!

Started hiking at 10 am. and found this winterkill 20 feet off the road. You can see the road below the trees in the photo. I found the set of sheds off this same bull last year. It's too bad that he died, but I'm glad to have found him.

I decided to keep hiking. After finding the winterkill I didn't know if hiking more would be worth it since this was the biggest find of my shed hunting trips ever. It didn't take long and I found a this small 5 point with some velvet still attached.
I then spotted the biggest 6 point antler I ever seen. It is HUGE!

I then began the search for the other side and found this year old, heavy 7 point antler.
Finally, several hours later I found the match to the big 6.



My pack was fully loaded...
...and so was my car.

Trip to Jackson Hole

Kerri and I decided it would be fun to go to Jackson Hole and visit my old boss Jim Webb. We drove up on a Saturday walked around a few of the shops in town and then had dinner at Jim's house and spent the night there. He made us shrimp and sausage gumbo that was really good. Kerrilyn even ate all her shrimp (the first time she's ever tried it). Sunday we went out for breakfast at Bubba's and then went to the National Wildlife Art Museum. The kids really like it. There was a separate area where the kids could color, do a puppet show, and put on animal costumes. Easton took a long nap there too while we were able to enjoy all the artwork. We then drove home and got to see elk near the road on a feed ground in Alpine. It was a long drive but a very enjoyable trip for all of us.
Jim and Me

The kids and Kerrilyn looking at an elk display.

The girls holding up a big 7 point elk shed.

The girls coloring at the art museum.

Doing a puppet show for mom and dad

Dressed up in animal costumes.


Easton taking a nap.

Elk on the feedgrounds near Alpine.

First Weeks of Shed Hunting

I finally got a few antlers the past few weeks. Here's some of the highlights.
Some scenery pictures:



February 28th I found my first antler of the year.







The sunset was awesome.



Colter and his family visited us the next weekend, so Colter and I went out for a hike and found a few more. There was a lot of snow still, so we didn't have as much luck as we hoped for, but we had a lot of fun and got some much needed exercise.














Here are a few more I found over the next few days as more snow melted.






Kerri, the kids, and I then went up to Idaho and stayed with her family for the weekend. I got to go for hike on Saturday by myself and found a few antlers, however, they were all old. The one in the video was the only one I kept.



The next weekend we went to Idaho again. This time Jeramy went with me to the same area I hiked the last weekend. We ended up finding 19 antlers including my best antler yet!