Shed Hunting Tips
12-13-2005, 02:18 AM
#2
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: IL
Posts: 1,269
RE: Shed Hunting Tips
This website might be helpful and it might contain links to other websites, I am not really sure though.
www.shedantlers.net
www.shedantlers.net
12-13-2005, 07:16 AM
#3
Fork Horn
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location:
Posts: 265
RE: Shed Hunting Tips
last spring was my first year i really put some effort into shed hunting. i am fortunate enough to have land right behind my house wear the deer group for winter. but i found when looking for sheds,don't look to far in front of yourself. stand in a spot and start at your feet and scan the ground in a semi circle. as you cover the ground with your eyes keep looking farther out,but not to far. seemed to work really well for me last year.
12-13-2005, 09:28 PM
#7
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Jackson, Missouri
Posts: 7,051
RE: Shed Hunting Tips
Yeah, I found a real nice one a couple years ago, but it had a big ol' hole gnawed in it already from something... I gave it away; might have added to the character, I guess, but I thought it ruined it. I think nice sheds make awesome decorations on a mantle or bookshelf somewhere.
12-13-2005, 10:56 PM
#8
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Wisconsin and Canada
Posts: 2,415
RE: Shed Hunting Tips
Look any place the deer are. Thats the best advice I can give. Bedding and feeding areas are the best. But they can fall off any place.
I find around 75-100 per year and I still haven't figured it out.
What's everyones biggest shed? I have a single side 106 3/8 and a matched set 202 6/8 with no spread, of course.
I find around 75-100 per year and I still haven't figured it out.
What's everyones biggest shed? I have a single side 106 3/8 and a matched set 202 6/8 with no spread, of course.
12-13-2005, 11:04 PM
#10
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: cazenovia, NY USA
Posts: 2,973
RE: Shed Hunting Tips
One thing that I can say is "you will rarley find a shed - until you look for them specifically"
I mean - don't go turkey hunting in May and expect to find sheds - you probably wont.
When you are looking for shed antlers you have a different mentality. I've found sheds as early as late December, but must I find as the snow melts in March and April around here.
A couple tips:
Deer run when they are scared - and if you can find the closest escape cover to the feeding areas in January - you will find the most sheds there. They get knocked off on the edges of the "cover".
Sure you'll find some in the food source (corn, apple orchards, clearcuts) - also bedding (not many)- but most are found on the Edges of both- at least thats my experience.
FH
I mean - don't go turkey hunting in May and expect to find sheds - you probably wont.
When you are looking for shed antlers you have a different mentality. I've found sheds as early as late December, but must I find as the snow melts in March and April around here.
A couple tips:
Deer run when they are scared - and if you can find the closest escape cover to the feeding areas in January - you will find the most sheds there. They get knocked off on the edges of the "cover".
Sure you'll find some in the food source (corn, apple orchards, clearcuts) - also bedding (not many)- but most are found on the Edges of both- at least thats my experience.
FH