Has anyone found any decent shed antlers?

[99explorer]

If you move very slowly, and scan the ground carefully, you might spot one like this:

[Gary Devine]

I found a moose antler in Maine and the red squirrels had chew groves in it.
My younger brother told me if your hunting and you hear something chewing on a bone, follow the red squirrels.
They will take you to an antler.
Found nice elk antlers on a skull in Yellowstone. You could not take anything out from the park.
I never found a nice size whitetail antler.

[Treestand]

That looks Photoshop to me.....???

[99explorer]

That looks Photoshop to me.....???

No. It's just the use of a wide angle lens on a close subject.

[jhjimbo]

That looks Photoshop to me.....???

Where did you find it ? Just the one ?

[Gary Devine]

That looks Photoshop to me.....???

Tree, It looks like a real antler to me.
Take a walk inside Honker's Cabela's and see some of the heavy beam monster buck mounts hanging on the wall.

[FirstBubba]

The pedicle looks wrong.
Looks like a shed out of a deer farm.

I found a shed with a brand new tractor tire! Farmer Brown wasn't happy about THAT little discovery! LOL!

[99explorer]

The pedicle looks wrong.
Looks like a shed out of a deer farm.

I found a shed with a brand new tractor tire! Farmer Brown wasn't happy about THAT little discovery! LOL!

The pedicle is the stump on the deer's skull from which the antler grows.

[FirstBubba]

The pedicle looks wrong.
Looks like a shed out of a deer farm.

I found a shed with a brand new tractor tire! Farmer Brown wasn't happy about THAT little discovery! LOL!

It should be slightly arced or rounded. That looks flat.
Photo shop or farm deer.

[FirstBubba]

The pedicle looks wrong.
Looks like a shed out of a deer farm.

I found a shed with a brand new tractor tire! Farmer Brown wasn't happy about THAT little discovery! LOL!

Yes, but it's normally rounded.
That looks flat.
Photo shopped or at best, farm raised.

[FirstBubba]

That looks Photoshop to me.....???

Big G, the whole photo is squirrelly looking.

[99explorer]

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[99explorer]

Here is another deer shed antler.
No two alike.
BTW, when a deer sheds its velvet, the antler tips are very pointy, and during the season the tips become rounded and lose about an inch of length.
On a 12-point buck, his Boone and Crockett score could suffer a 12-point loss if taken very later in the season.

[99explorer]

The pedicle looks wrong.
Looks like a shed out of a deer farm.

I found a shed with a brand new tractor tire! Farmer Brown wasn't happy about THAT little discovery! LOL!

Bubba - Are you telling us that there is a difference in the antlers of farm-raised deer and free-ranging deer, and that you can tell the difference by looking at a picture of an antler shed?
I think you should submit a inquiry to Outdoor Life offering to write an article about it.

[FirstBubba]

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Deer shed, huh?