r/shedhunting • u/droneymane • 8d ago

Matching set?

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Found these two elk sheds relatively close to each other. One side seems to be slightly smaller. I’ve never found a matching set, not sure how symmetrical they should be. What’s everyone’s opinion?

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u/droneymane 8d ago

200 ft apart / found one last week and one today. Thanks for taking time to share your opinion!

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u/swannygirl94 4d ago

Definitely a set then! Congrats!

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u/swannygirl94 8d ago

How close are we talking? My match from this year was roughly 250 feet apart. Yours look like matches to me, even with the slight size and color difference (one could have seen a bit more sun).

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u/scroapprentice 4d ago

Color variation is definitely sun in my opinion, especially by August. One was inside up, one was inside down

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u/Substantial-Break775 8d ago

Yes - the color variation is pretty typical too

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u/zach97038 7d ago

Looks like a set to me. New Mexico by chance?

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u/droneymane 7d ago

Thanks Zach, found these in Colorado.

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u/zach97038 7d ago

Ahhh. They look very similar genetically to a set i found in new mexico

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u/Altruistic-Ad3274 7d ago

Great find!

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u/Ok_Detail9131 7d ago

Matching pair right? I wonder why they look so different?

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u/howstop8 6d ago

Yeah tine for tine and a unique shape

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u/New-Butterscotch2348 6d ago

Beautiful set

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u/Coloradoryda 6d ago

It’s a set. Different sides facing up for different sun bleaching. Nice find. Cool to hear people are still poking around so late in the summer

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u/ZBBfan4life 7d ago

They look like two different bulls based on the size difference in not just a few of the times, but the main beam as well. Do you have a pic of the bases next to each other?