National Guard helicopter lands on private property; elk antlers stolen

[Forkyfinder]

@ismith as a pilot, probably

 

[rogerthat]

I’m sure it was for national security under one of the various emergency declarations. What are you guys worried about? Jeezus

 

[TheTone]

How valuable are those antlers, really? Several years ago, a friend of mine had a pristine pair of 7x7 elk antlers. I figured they were worth something but he ended up selling them for the bulk rate because everyone he talked to said the market was in the tank. Has something changed?

My understanding is prices are currently down from a couple years ago, market saturation and concerns over tariffs for overseas shipping.

 

[bigsky2]

How valuable are those antlers, really? Several years ago, a friend of mine had a pristine pair of 7x7 elk antlers. I figured they were worth something but he ended up selling them for the bulk rate because everyone he talked to said the market was in the tank. Has something changed?

$12-13/lb right now, which is lower than the past few years.

 

[schmalts]

My understanding is prices are currently down from a couple years ago, market saturation and concerns over tariffs for overseas shipping.

I thought they stayed here mostly as dog chews

 

[ismith]

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@ismith as a pilot, probably

How dare you imply I’m a pilot!

 

[ismith]

I thought they stayed here mostly as dog chews

People actually give them to their dogs? I thought that was just innuendo for their use as an aphrodisiac.

 

[noharleyyet]

"If it's brown it's down..."

 

[brockel]

$12-13/lb right now, which is lower than the past few years.

No shit? Man I’m going to have to sell mine instead of just leaving them lay on the shop floor. Got a gun or two just laying in a pile I guess

 

[Wildabeest]

Decent (not trophy) 6 point browns go for $250-300 per side in the fufu shops around me.

 

[Forkyfinder]

I didnt realize a good pair of elk sheds was worth 500 ish dollars (40 lbs x $12.5 per lb)

Itd still have taken sheds from at least 4 big bulls to be over 2k.

 

[rogerthat]

I didnt realize a good pair of elk sheds was worth 500 ish dollars (40 lbs x $12.5 per lb)

Itd still have taken sheds from at least 4 big bulls to be over 2k.

More like 10# per shed for a decent 330 bull type shed

 

[ismith]

I’m sure it was for national security under one of the various emergency declarations. What are you guys worried about? Jeezus

Yep, orange man’s fault for sure.

 

[jryoung]

I thought they stayed here mostly as dog chews

They get exported and turned into truck stop boner pills.

 

[bigsky2]

No shit? Man I’m going to have to sell mine instead of just leaving them lay on the shop floor. Got a gun or two just laying in a pile I guess

That's for brown elk sheds. I haven't seen the price for deer this year.

 

[schmalts]

They get exported and turned into truck stop boner pills.

Pre-viagra

 

[MTelkHuntress]

"McMullen, the landowner, confirmed a conversation with a high-level National Guard official had taken place.
"A lieutenant colonel said [they'd] meet in person and bring back the antlers," she said, citing calls from National Guard leadership and a former local law enforcement official, requesting she not press charges on the helicopter servicemen.

"They used the excuse these are good guys, that I don't want to ruin their careers. They should have thought about that before doing this. I think people need to know this is happening.""

Yeah they should have. What happened to responsibility for your own actions? I'm interested to see how this story progresses. Every year I hear of someone doing something stupid for antlers but I kind of think this tops the list.

 

[schmalts]

They trespassed for sure. Not good. But the theft part I don't know. Here's a question: A bull is walking down a fence line, one side state one side private. He shakes his head and tosses both antlers off and one lands on each side. A shed hunter walks down the same fence, picks up one shed and sees the shed on the private side but can reach through the fence and pull it out, is he stealing an antler? Who owns the antler on both sides before anyone ever touched it? Is there actually current laws in place that address this situation? I would have to say for sure that people have picked sheds through a fence since they have been known to fall off when the animal jumps a fence.

 

[El Jason]

Pretty easy to articulate theft if someone takes something of value from another.

 

[shrapnel]

I propose a very simple solution: make the sale of antlers illegal with a hefty fine. Solves problems like this and also neuters the dorks that take shed hunting way too seriously.

Elk antlers don’t cause theft any more than guns cause crime…