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October, 2004. On Halloween, Matt and Mike Lindquist were out bowhunting and scouting the woods for the upcoming gun season. While constructing a deerstand in a good spot, Mike located this nice antler not more than fifteen yards from the base of the tree. Nothing like having evidence that a big buck is close by. This antler is in excellent shape; quite a treat. It scores 67 7/8" with a unique little flyer point coming off the G2. I found the other side the next spring.
October, 2004. While scouting for deer on his birthday, Mike Lindquist and Lena came across this nice prize. Bull moose skulls with antlers are particularly uncommon to find because bulls have already shed their antlers when they are at their weakest and subject to winterkill. This skull is in rough shape; lots of moss and the paddles are pretty much obliterated by bears, wolves and rodents, but it's still a cool find. It would've measured at least 50 inches across, with multiple brow points and a big drop tine.
October, 2004. Some friends from around the Midwest sent in these interesting finds. The first couple pictures shows the rarest of rare: 3 bucks locked together in one mess. That's incredible. Check out that main beam going right through the other buck's eye socket. Yikes. The other bucks were found while shed hunting. Notice the broadhead in the eye socket of the smaller buck. Amazing. Thanks for the photos, guys!
August, 2004. Gary Fabini, an avid moose antler hunter found these massive moose antlers a few years back. The set was laying side by side and was covered with mossy top soil. These antlers were out there for a few years, but well-preserved in a shady spot. The big matching antlers hanging on the wall behind him are some of the top sets found in Minnesota.
July, 2004. Mike Seeber found these two amazing winterkill bucks around the Duluth area last winter.
July, 2004. While out on a hike during a camping trip in the Arrowhead, Mike Lindquist and his trusty sidekick Lena stumbled upon an interesting moose antler. It's not a naturally shed antler; but a full paddle that was busted off during a battle. This is a pretty decent sized antler with 8 points and nice color. It would've been neat to witness the two rutting bull moose who locked antlers and left this treasure behind.
June, 2004. Big, fresh moose antlers: it doesn't get any better than this. On a recent camping trip with his sisters, Mike Lindquist, and co-pilots Hannah and Rachel came across some beauties. The first group of photos is a colossal matched set. This bull has a spread around 60 inches and grew some very massive headgear: 25 and 26 pounds each. This set scores among the top finds of all-time in Minnesota. It currently ranks #6 in the world for Matched Set Canada Moose, according to the last NASHC Record Book. The next antler is a dandy in itself. A good 10-point paddle, also with superb color. What a way to close out the shed hunting season!
May, 2004. Mike and Matt Lindquist headed into the northern wilderness in search of moose antlers and scooped up a few, despite the heavy rains. The first photo is a small, fresh matched set. The next photo is a large 9 point antler that measures 57 3/8". The center photograph is a medium 8 point antler that was used as a marking post for wolves. Very stinky. The next two photos are of Mike Lindquist's largest moose antler to date. With twelve points (4-point brow palm) and scoring 63 6/8", it ranks among the top recorded moose sheds in Cook County.
May, 2004. Jason Lamppa found these moose antlers while looking in Northeastern Minnesota. The first one is a beauty. A year or two old but in excellent shape with good backside color. This antler is around 3 feet long. The second two are some neat photos of an old matched set. The woods really starts to swallow these things up after awhile.
May, 2004. Chris and Stephanie Potter had another good outing searching for moose antlers. Here's a group of mostly smaller ones, with a nice medium-sized matching set.
May, 2004. Here's a few nice finds from Mike Lindquist's recent northwoods adventures. The big buck skull is a good one, scoring 144 6/8". This is about as clean of a ten point as you'll see, with less than an inch in total deductions. The next three moose antlers would've been nice to find fresh: a big old paddle with a 9 inch base and a couple faded matching antlers from a 45 inch bull. The last moose antler was a fresh, medium-sized one with fantastic color. The final photograph is an extremely rare find: a timberwolf skull. It was nice and white with the full set of teeth. Scoring it like a bear skull, it measures 15 5/8", a good-sized adult wolf.
April, 2004. These are all recent finds from northern Minnesota. The moose antler was a prize for Dave Hemstad, coming after three long days of trudging around in the woods. Jim and Lance found the rest of these nice whitetail antlers: a dandy 10 point set, each one scoring around 70 inches, a giant old 7pt that we've walked past a few times, a big antler full of stickers around the base, and a nice big split brow tine antler.
April, 2004. Another nice collection of photos sent in by Chris and Stephanie Potter. After a few days of hard work, they ended up with quite a pile of moose bones, both big and small, fresh and old. The base on the second antler is incredible. The bull moose skull is a find of a season, a definite trophy. The last image is a picturesque site: a beautiful, large, fresh moose antler.
April, 2004. Here's a collection of antlers and a skull Mike Lindquist came across while shed hunting near Itasca State Park. These are bucks that are, or have been in the vicinity of our hunting shack. It's nice to get a gauge on what caliber of whitetails are out there in the hunting woods. The matched set is unique: no brow tines. Another good set of rattlers. Both my brother and I have seen the 8 point skull buck at some point while deer hunting. With the full rack, he'd score 116 7/8". The fresh 4 point antler is off of a buck from a trail camera photo. It's a shade under 50" with great color. The last three images are good exercises in shed hunting; can you spot the shed antler?
April, 2004. The Potters found a good spot here that produced three nice moose antlers. Chris holds the match, found fairly close together. It's a year old, but in excellent shape.
April, 2004. Jim Price found these nice deer antlers, captured on film with a trail camera over the winter. The set is a beauty with the right antler scoring 73 1/8" and the left at 68 7/8". Check out the trail camera photo of this nice buck. The single antler is also a dandy, measuring 65 1/8". Here's the trail camera photo of the buck carrying only the one antler.
April, 2004. Matthew McAlpine sent in these photographs of a dandy set of sheds he found. This buck would net score in the 170's with lots of character: split tines, a flyer point and lots of stickers; a great buck.
April, 2004. Here's another batch of great photographs from the Potters. This time it's moose antlers. Look at the size of that pan in the first one! An impressive Alaskan-style moose paddle.
April, 2004. The Potters sent in these dandy whitetail finds from up north.
April, 2004. Mike Lindquist made a few discoveries while out shed hunting. The two antlers are both medium sized 5 points. The bigger one would've been over 60 inches if not for the busted G2. A moose skull is a rare find, but this one had already shed his antlers. Check out the damage to the giant tree caused by beavers. This tree is toast.
March, 2004. Chris and Stephanie Potter came across these impressive whitetail finds while shed hunting in northern Minnesota.
February, 2004. While shed hunting, I came across this interesting find. It's a poplar tree that stopped a bullet. I was able to extract the foreign object and determine that it was a .45 caliber copperjacket hollow point. Strange, considering I was in a State Forest, which is off limits to all methods of hunting.
February, 2004. Here's a few nice shed antlers found by Jason Lamppa. The first one is a nice 5 point shed that rough scores 62 7/8". There's also a trail camera photo of this buck while he's still carrying. The next two are a matched set of antlers, both six points each. The left side scores 65 1/8" and the right side goes 68 5/6". Take a look at this dandy buck on the hoof. The 5 point antler in the grass has an impressive 23 1/8" mainbeam. The next one has only three points, but it is one of the heaviest, ugliest 3 point sheds out there. It scored 57". Jason has the other side and also picked up a giant 2 point antler from this same unique buck last year. The last two photos are of a nice 66 7/8" 5 point with some character. As you can see, spotting an antler in deep snow takes a keen eye.
February 2004. I went out one morning and saw a bull on the road, licking salt. I noticed he was only carrying his left side. I strapped on the snowshoes and started tromping around in the woods to see what I could come up with. After an hour and a half of tough shoeing in 36 inches of snow, I managed to scoop up his right side. At 17" across, it's not a huge moose antler, but it's got great color and is only hours fresh.
February 2004. By World Record, I mean "Smallest shed antler of all time". While shed hunting, I came across a winterkill button buck and flicked this little knob off his head. It's only about a half-inch long and no wider than a dime. It has a wax ring and pink on the pedicle, just like any other fresh shed, but it's only about the size of a thimble....for your pinky. The other antler is nothing huge, but it gets me off the snide for the year.
