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Shed Hunter Finds Two Minnesota Record-Book Moose Locked After Battle to the Death
Shed Hunter Finds Two Minnesota Record-Book Moose Locked After Battle to the Death
Moose shed hunter Tim Bradach of Gilbert, Minnesota, picked up the find of a lifetime this winter when he discovered the remains of two record-book bulls that died after locking horns in an epic fight to the death.
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That is so awesome, I get a rush out of finding a Whitetail shed, I cant imagine how great finding Moose sheds would be, especially two giants like that. Glad someone could find them so they could be admired.
Great story. And what a find!
Wow what a find!
i hope he went out and bought a lottery ticket afterwards .
unreal....would be something crazy to come upon in the bush
Wow talk about finding a needle in a haystack i couldn't imagine fining a pair of locked together moose antlers.
great find...too bad they had to go out like that though.
Nature is tuff and not fair. Great find.
WOW !! Cool hat rack
That's awsome. The size dosn't really set in until you see them next to the door in his living room. Good thing he had a chance to drive the snowmobile up to the site, I couldn't imagine packing the set out.
That is really neat. I have never gone looking for sheds, but I think it would be fun. I've never thought I would have any luck because all of the land that I have access to is public land. So the chances are small.
Great story. And what a find!
Great Story, but did not know that found sheds qualify for the record books? Thought they had to be taken by a recognized form of actual hunting, bow or firearm. Thats kind of like finding a dead, floating 30 lb. largemouth and having the new record.
Wow, thats is really neat. Good gallery.
Check out the link below--similar story from New Hampshire a few years ago. (I also happen to have shot a bull in NH about the same size as these in 2006.)
http://www.northcountrynewsnh.com/web_pages_00000b.htm
I'd recently stumbled across a dead whitetail buck in the snow with a nice 9-point rack, but this story beats mine by a mile! I know it must have been quite a chore removing the inter-locked antlers from those frozen moose carcasses. Maybe they have a special record book category for found trophies?
What a find. It would of been such a waste for them to sit and weather and none of us got to enjoy the find good luck on everyones shed hunting.
No Mose in my part of the country, but would be great to find huge w-tails. Sad they starved to death, too bad some hunter did not get the opportunity to tae them out.What is the estimated # of Moose in MN? just wondering, as that should be wolf country and in other wolf, cougar areas, the numbers for other game are dropping. I plan to go to MT this fall, and if I see a Wolf, cougar, will tae a shot, legal or not. THe area I hunt, the game is slowly declining, especially on Mulies and Elk. Enough w-tails, would never miss them. Never see huge Antler deer in my area, a 8 is about it, and the mass is small. The fod is there, and the correct soil, but do believe the hunters killing too many l l/2 yr old spikes.The largest w-tail I ever saw down here and killed was 2009, weighed 290 lbs and ws a perfect l0 with better than average mass. He was a new comer to the area, as with all the tral cames the guys got up, he had never been seen, We got photos of a l3 point with a drop tine, but smalled body.My Son killed a perfect 8 but ws poor as a snake, apparently no visible injuries,but no meat on his loins and hind quartes were very small.I'm hoping he does not have the CWD but sure appears to be so. He's being checked for that now. Hopefully they (CWD) deer don;t decide to move to the deep South. Shoot-um-straight and often. Congratulations to the guy who found the Moose, better he found than the mise eat them.O' I love to hae them for a center of den light.
When I first saw this story just now, it occurred to me that it was too bad there were not some way to preserve the two carcases for a full body mount. I know it would be expensive to have done. I was so pleased to later see the link given by agladfelte to the New Hampshire project. It guess it makes sense that one such project is enough, but Wow! Thanks especially to agladfelte for sharing this link with us. I likely would have never known.
Jim H.
Nice trophy horns for the living room wall, right where anyone who enters can see them!
Great Find!!! Been shed hunting for over 20 years and have only found one whitetail. Congrads.
That is just simply Miraculous. God has blessed us in so many ways, and to be able to find something like this is unbelievable. Way to go!! We have moose all over here in Wyoming and they are majestic animals. I had the priveledge of tagging one a few years back with my husband's crossbow...just a cow but still cool. good day to ya
L.L. Bean in Freeport, Maine has a full mount of two bull moose locked (and died)in battle on display. I belive they were found in New Hampshire a year or two ago. L.L. Bean paid to have them mounted. Its worth a stop in Freeport to see them!
Tim,
Congratulations on a find of a lifetime! It was great you took so many photos for the rest of us to enjoy. Two lucky moose tag drawers are really going to miss out on a couple of fabulous bulls but, it is great they weren't totally lost. In '07 I drew a moose tag in Idaho after 27 attempts. We're only allowed one in a lifetime here and, if you put in for a chance on drawing a moose tag, you can't put in for drawings on anything else that year.(deer, elk, antelope, bear, etc.) In over 50 years of hunting I didn't put in for moose every year but, two out of every three.
I wanted to get a "wall hanger" so I spent 57 days hunting moose. This was after my health had been wracked and wacked from 5 lower back and one neck surgery over the years. Also, a case of Parkinson's and neuropathy, which pretty much told me this hunt would be my last.
The big guy above must have been with me as I turned down 16 bulls before finding the one I was looking for. Mine is between the two you found but has three brow tines on each side and 12 points on each antler. Trophy of a lifetime for me.
Thanks for bringing back great memories and sharing such a great find with us.
thats a find of a lifetime to me that would be so awesome to find great job man
He's a lucky guy! In the right place at the right time...great find!
Amazing... a great find!
wow congrats! I wouldve been running around and yelling if i found something like that! That is sooo cool!!
Amazing!!!! I have never seen anything like it
That is amazing. I'v read stories about elk locking antlers but not moose.
Thats unbelievable.....never heard of moose getting locked up before!!
wow thats amazing!
This story and those pics are crazy. It gets my heart pumpin when I find a mule deer shed. I could not even imagine finding something like that. After I read this story I had to show family and tell them to go to this site to check it out. Very cool.
Sad that they died like that, but what a treasure hunt!
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That is so awesome, I get a rush out of finding a Whitetail shed, I cant imagine how great finding Moose sheds would be, especially two giants like that. Glad someone could find them so they could be admired.
Great story. And what a find!
i hope he went out and bought a lottery ticket afterwards .
Wow talk about finding a needle in a haystack i couldn't imagine fining a pair of locked together moose antlers.
That's awsome. The size dosn't really set in until you see them next to the door in his living room. Good thing he had a chance to drive the snowmobile up to the site, I couldn't imagine packing the set out.
Great Story, but did not know that found sheds qualify for the record books? Thought they had to be taken by a recognized form of actual hunting, bow or firearm. Thats kind of like finding a dead, floating 30 lb. largemouth and having the new record.
Wow what a find!
unreal....would be something crazy to come upon in the bush
great find...too bad they had to go out like that though.
Nature is tuff and not fair. Great find.
WOW !! Cool hat rack
That is really neat. I have never gone looking for sheds, but I think it would be fun. I've never thought I would have any luck because all of the land that I have access to is public land. So the chances are small.
Great story. And what a find!
Check out the link below--similar story from New Hampshire a few years ago. (I also happen to have shot a bull in NH about the same size as these in 2006.)
http://www.northcountrynewsnh.com/web_pages_00000b.htm
Wow, thats is really neat. Good gallery.
I'd recently stumbled across a dead whitetail buck in the snow with a nice 9-point rack, but this story beats mine by a mile! I know it must have been quite a chore removing the inter-locked antlers from those frozen moose carcasses. Maybe they have a special record book category for found trophies?
What a find. It would of been such a waste for them to sit and weather and none of us got to enjoy the find good luck on everyones shed hunting.
That is just simply Miraculous. God has blessed us in so many ways, and to be able to find something like this is unbelievable. Way to go!! We have moose all over here in Wyoming and they are majestic animals. I had the priveledge of tagging one a few years back with my husband's crossbow...just a cow but still cool. good day to ya
Tim,
Congratulations on a find of a lifetime! It was great you took so many photos for the rest of us to enjoy. Two lucky moose tag drawers are really going to miss out on a couple of fabulous bulls but, it is great they weren't totally lost. In '07 I drew a moose tag in Idaho after 27 attempts. We're only allowed one in a lifetime here and, if you put in for a chance on drawing a moose tag, you can't put in for drawings on anything else that year.(deer, elk, antelope, bear, etc.) In over 50 years of hunting I didn't put in for moose every year but, two out of every three.
I wanted to get a "wall hanger" so I spent 57 days hunting moose. This was after my health had been wracked and wacked from 5 lower back and one neck surgery over the years. Also, a case of Parkinson's and neuropathy, which pretty much told me this hunt would be my last.
The big guy above must have been with me as I turned down 16 bulls before finding the one I was looking for. Mine is between the two you found but has three brow tines on each side and 12 points on each antler. Trophy of a lifetime for me.
Thanks for bringing back great memories and sharing such a great find with us.
Nice trophy horns for the living room wall, right where anyone who enters can see them!
Great Find!!! Been shed hunting for over 20 years and have only found one whitetail. Congrads.
L.L. Bean in Freeport, Maine has a full mount of two bull moose locked (and died)in battle on display. I belive they were found in New Hampshire a year or two ago. L.L. Bean paid to have them mounted. Its worth a stop in Freeport to see them!
When I first saw this story just now, it occurred to me that it was too bad there were not some way to preserve the two carcases for a full body mount. I know it would be expensive to have done. I was so pleased to later see the link given by agladfelte to the New Hampshire project. It guess it makes sense that one such project is enough, but Wow! Thanks especially to agladfelte for sharing this link with us. I likely would have never known.
Jim H.
thats a find of a lifetime to me that would be so awesome to find great job man
He's a lucky guy! In the right place at the right time...great find!
Amazing... a great find!
wow congrats! I wouldve been running around and yelling if i found something like that! That is sooo cool!!
Amazing!!!! I have never seen anything like it
That is amazing. I'v read stories about elk locking antlers but not moose.
Thats unbelievable.....never heard of moose getting locked up before!!
wow thats amazing!
This story and those pics are crazy. It gets my heart pumpin when I find a mule deer shed. I could not even imagine finding something like that. After I read this story I had to show family and tell them to go to this site to check it out. Very cool.
Sad that they died like that, but what a treasure hunt!
No Mose in my part of the country, but would be great to find huge w-tails. Sad they starved to death, too bad some hunter did not get the opportunity to tae them out.What is the estimated # of Moose in MN? just wondering, as that should be wolf country and in other wolf, cougar areas, the numbers for other game are dropping. I plan to go to MT this fall, and if I see a Wolf, cougar, will tae a shot, legal or not. THe area I hunt, the game is slowly declining, especially on Mulies and Elk. Enough w-tails, would never miss them. Never see huge Antler deer in my area, a 8 is about it, and the mass is small. The fod is there, and the correct soil, but do believe the hunters killing too many l l/2 yr old spikes.The largest w-tail I ever saw down here and killed was 2009, weighed 290 lbs and ws a perfect l0 with better than average mass. He was a new comer to the area, as with all the tral cames the guys got up, he had never been seen, We got photos of a l3 point with a drop tine, but smalled body.My Son killed a perfect 8 but ws poor as a snake, apparently no visible injuries,but no meat on his loins and hind quartes were very small.I'm hoping he does not have the CWD but sure appears to be so. He's being checked for that now. Hopefully they (CWD) deer don;t decide to move to the deep South. Shoot-um-straight and often. Congratulations to the guy who found the Moose, better he found than the mise eat them.O' I love to hae them for a center of den light.
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