March 24th

Kerrilyn and I decided to take all the kids hiking today since the weather was so nice and most of the snow has melted. Kerrilyn started the day off finding a huge 5 point deer shed that was a year old but in good condition.

After searching a little while, Kerrilyn, with Alma's, help found the match.

This set scores over 180". Here's the "Beauty's and the Beast".

Saralyn also found her own antler (after she stepped on it first). She really had a good time today!

We then found a nice spot to have lunch and roasted hot dogs over a fire. While I was gathering sticks to roast the hot dogs, I found three more antlers. After lunch Kerrilyn and kids played while I went and found a couple more to add to our collection.

We ended up with three matching sets and few singles. This was a very fun day for all of us!

March 12th

Today Easton and I went out again looking for deer sheds. We found a few fresh ones and one big old antler hidden in a sage bush.

March 5th

Easton and I went for our first antler hunt today and found a couple of nice antlers. The first one was where a deer jumped the fence. You can see frost on the fence wire, but Easton was bundled up good and really enjoyed finding "deer" as he says it.

Finished the job

Well it's nice to find a big set of antlers you dream about finding and then getting to have the mounted. Last spring (the last post) I found that dream set of elk antlers. They measured about 350" (huge for my collection)! This January I put them together and did a pedestal mount for myself. It turned out really nice and I got a first place ribbon in masters at the Utah Taxidermy show in Salt Lake City.