Monday, January 19, 2009

Moose Sheds


Sat I went to a spot in Springfield that I had found moose antlers before.

As I was following deer tracks I happened to look down and saw something brown IN the deer track. I bent down to look more closely at this track in deep snow and noticed that the brown had antler texture. I swept away snow and found the base of a moose antler. With some effort a pried a nice right hand antler from the snow

I decided that the match could not be far and started to search in spite of the deep snow making the discovery unlikely

I took into account the position the antler had been lying and headed in the direction the moose likely traveled

About 150 yards away I saw the very end of a base and 2" of tine sticking up from the snow

Don't let the differences in the antlers fool you, they are from the same moose. I have seen him personally with antlers on his head and have 3 years of antlers from this same moose that we are guessing is approximately 7-10 years old.

The farm produces for me again!

Rob Richardson

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

The streak continues


I decided that I would go and check out some more fields and apple trees today before the storm arrives. I went back to our old homestead in Unity.

I was pleasantly surprised when my old neighbor Dave decided to go out with me (Dave is a taxidermist by the way) So there was a little competition there to say the least.

We checked the apple trees first and found nothing, then we went to a ridge behind the old house where there is always a deer trail. I found this nice small 10 point set lying together as if gift wrapped. Dave was a little jealous but he got over it.

We were following a much bigger track and we knew this rack was not his. One of the neighbors had seen a large 10 point with two side stickers and that's the one we were trying to find but no luck.

Nothing more for the day but will hit there again soon

Rob

Monday, January 5, 2009

Rob and Itsy go shed hunting




Rob took his 11 month old Rottweiler girl Itsy for her first ever shed antler hunt today.

They went to a State park near us and did a field search. When they got near some apple trees, Itsy dragged him over to a tree and started digging and whining. When Rob got there he discovered she had found a nice 5 point antler

Rob was very pleased with her.

Diane

Mon Jan 5 2009


On Sat I decided that it would be good to dump a load of apples for the deer. My nephew and I jumped onto my brother's Rhino and drove up to the apple tree which is next to the corn field.

before we could dump the apples we spied this beautiful set of 10 point sheds

It seems early maybe but I'm not going to argue

Rob