This morning my hunting partner Theo and I went out stump shooting and scouting. We just came off of two days of above freezing temps and as a result we lost alot of snow. I got lucky and picked up my first shed of 2009,,

Frank





Sunday afternoon I went out again, still way too much snow but I did manage to find a spike on the edge of a corn field,,Frank

Nice!!  

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Hope you find the match!

Shoot straight, Shinken

That's a beauty. Who makes your shirt, looks like good camo?

Here's the one we found!

I found this set this morning laying 3 feet apart.

awesome where do u guys think the most productive part of the woods is to look for them baby's? because if i had to find sheda to eat i'd starve.

No fair, we have 4 times the snow you have and your north of us a good bit.  Chad

I don't head out intentionally looking for sheds, like lots of others do. I just stumble across one once in a great while, when I'm out preparing for the next deer season. The set I picked up yesterday just happened to be laying in the snow as I was clearing out an entry/exit trail to a new stand location. It was all luck, so I figured I'd better buy myself a lottery ticket to find out just how lucky the day would be. No luck in the lottery, so it's back to work tomorrow with a cool story to tell.

I found 13 sheds yesterday. I saw this guy during the season. Looks like he made it. Mike

Wow guys some awesome sheds being found.  I haven't found any yet but haven't been looking real hard.  I will hopefully get some time this weekend to go out and look around.

Beautiful sheds Mike,, very symmetrical,, nice find,,Frank

I have put in MILES through the years, and only found a few sheds.

It amazes me what some folks find.

Awesome!

Very nice, Frank! Mike, awesome sheds!  If you ever need someone to go with you just to pack them I'm available! Ha! Guess I'm in the wrong state to find sheds like that.

How about some hints of where you start looking for sheds....what kind of areas you go looking for.?

Over the years you get to know an area. Of course if there is not many bucks around you won't find many sheds. But early on we find where they are feeding in late winter. Then start looking on the edges without disturbing the deer to much in Feb. In mid to late March we start hitting it hard, walking 8 to 10 hours per day. I start in the bedding areas and grassy north facing slopes, once I get fatigued from crawling through thickets I usually finish out the day walking perimeter stuff grass waterways and evergreen plantations. For us in the Midwest, the main food source for late season is stubble corn fields. We like looking for sheds. A lot of the area is places we have permission to hunt, but we also look on public land where hunting is restricted as well. Some farmers will not give you permission to hunt, but they don't mind you looking for sheds, so it's kind of a mixed bag. But I start in my core hunting area first. Grey rainy days work best for training your eyes, but you just have to go. By the end of a good day, I will have sore feet and back with a neck rubbed raw from turning back and forth. Ha!  Mike

I meant to say bedding sites on south facing slopes.

Find alot of ours in pine reforrested areas. Deer seem to like these areas for wintering and it's real easy to spot sheds.

In Australia, shed hunting is a euphemism for sending an arrow through the wall of the garden shed or garage during backyard target practice!