This is collection from a recent trip to Easter
Montana.  I had only been in the area for a
day a couple weeks earlier and wasn't sure
what the area had in store.  I had always
wander to try it out but it is over 400 miles
from where I live.  I took a week's vacation
and spent 5 full days hiking.  On my best day
I found l8 antlers and on my worst I found 5.  I
hiked at least 12 hours each day.

What I like about the area, is that you
can find whitetail, mule deer, and elk
antlers in the same area.  I found the
mule deer shed, the shed set of
whitetail and the shed set of elk on
the same ridge with in 300 yards of
one another.   

The three whitetail sets are all three
points with brow points. They show the
difference in size antlers can be and still
be three points.

The mule deer set to the left is twenty  
two inches high if you measure from the
top point straight down to the base.  The
spread at the top of the rack is less than
six inches.

This is all the antlers separated on my
shop floor.  To the left are the shed set of
elk and the fresh shed deer.  Next is the
whitetail sets.  There are seven of them.  
Next are three mule deer sets.  The first
pile are whitetail sheds and the second is
mule deer sheds.  On top of the counter
are two shed sets of whitetail and one
shed set of mule deer.  There are 45
antlers in all.   

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