I got to do a little more hiking this past Saturday. I got up at 6 am and was on the top of the mountain by 7:15 am. You could say I was determined. It was a beautiful clear day. My first priority was to find the matches to the other two big 5 points. I started combing the areas where I thought they most likely would be, but after an hour I still had not found anything. I was getting a little unsure if I would even find them, especially since there was still enough snow for them to be buried. Finally, I found a fresh little two point antler that got my hopes up. Soon after I found the match to one of my five points. I could barely see it since the antlers blended so well in with the shadows, sagebrush, and ground. I felt much better after that. That set, however, was at least 500 or more yards apart. I hoped the other side to the other five point would be closer. And it was! Not even 50 feet, but again very well hidden and hard to see. Finally I felt like I acomplished what I came to do and now could enjoy finding antlers and not having to search for missing sides.I hiked until 1:00 and then had to head home. By the days end I found 15 antlers!
The sunrise lighting up the mountains.
The other reason I love antler hunting...the awesome scenery.
Frost-covered barbed wire.
The first antler of the day, a fresh-brown little 2-point.
An old broken antler.
The first match to one of the big 5-points.
The match other one the big five points.
A big fresh-brown 3-point.
A little 2-point from last year.
A little set of fresh-brown 2-points laying on top of each other!
A fresh-brown 2 point.
A long spike from last year.
A fresh-brown 3-point.
A nice fresh-brown 4-point...now I have to go back and find its match!
My biggest antler ever! And I missed it last year laying in the open!!!
The match to an antler I found last year, not sure how I missed this one either.
The match to one of the little three points I found earlier.
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