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king' s outdoor world - Hunting Illustrated - October/November 2007 - Index

asked if they were
hunting horns. They
told us, "No way.
There are no deer
out here, you two
are crazy.? Nothing
puts a damper on
your hopes more
than hearing the local
boys tell you that they
would rather look for
uranium than sheds.
However, lacking
for better options, we
headed out anyway.
Trevor and I
filled our packs full of
water and lifesavers
and headed off on
our jaunt through the
hills. Right off the bat I started finding horns. Within the
first hour or so I found four. Poor Trevor, on the other hand,
couldn't find a horn if it were to fall off the buck's head as
it ran ten feet in front of him. Trevor's streak of bad luck
continued; there was one shed that was no more than five
feet away from him when I spotted it as he walked past.
About an hour or two later, Trevor and I came
into an area that we both had decided really didn't look
too hot for sheds. We were trying to decide if we should
turn around or make one more little loop through the
buckbrush-covered hill. I wanted to give it a shot, Trevor
didn't. It took me a bit of persuading because Trevor
really doesn't like looking for sheds in spots that aren't
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very thick. With the increase in
shed hunting and the people with
their paraplanes flying for sheds,
we really have no choice but to
look in the thick stuff. However,
after our little chat, Trevor and I
decided to keep going just a little
bit more. As we wove our way
through the brush and up over the
hill, Trevor and I split directions
around a small cedar tree. That,
my friends, is where my luck
came into play. Just as I lost sight