2016 shed antler thread!

[Lady Frost]

very cool thread.  Keep the pics coming.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

I've put on a couple miles between the last 2 days and have come up empty but I was also looking for rabbits and squirrels...also came up empty lol.  The ice crust is awfully loud right now, no sneaking up on anything.

[kennym]

Saw 2 bucks yesterday carrying both sides, so I'm holding out a little longer so I don't have to cover stuff twice.

[kennym]

Walking out on South lease from thinning yotes today , just walking along enjoying the 17 degree high for the day and laying right in the field road!!

 

Also saw 3 bucks carrying both sides!

[Possum Head]

Good stuff!

[D. Key]

At least your tire didn't find it first, Kenny.

[kennym]

My first thought also, Doug!!

My buddy is getting ready to custom combine 300 acres of beans that have been overrun with deer, bet he finds 20 or 30 around the edges of that!!   :eek:

[Tree Killer]

Originally posted by kennym:
Walking out on South lease from thinning yotes today , just walking along enjoying the 17 degree high for the day and laying right in the field road!!

 

Also saw 3 bucks carrying both sides!

I like that one Kenny!

My son and I are going out tomorrow, hopefully some of the snow has melted in the last week.

[Jerry Jeffer]

I'm always looking and never seem to find sheds. The few I have found in my life time have been total accidental finds. Wish I knew the secret to finding the nice ones.

[D. Key]

Jerry:

Bedding areas, fence crossings, trails with overhanging branches are just a few areas to look for.  Here in East Texas, the squirrels are normally eating the antlers before they drop.  

[jonsimoneau]

Biggest secret to finding sheds is having a place to look for them where the deer shed! Bigger ones stand out pretty well. It's the smaller ones that are tough to spot!

[Bill Leeming]

Saw a small buck still carrying his yesterday here in southern Missouri.

[mlsthmpsn]

Have a pretty decent size herd (well really two separate ones that mingle in the middle) here at work. They've been out in the fields every night for the past 3 weeks about 4-430ish when I head home. 2 weeks ago there were 3 6pt and a nice big 8pt....now all antlerless.  And another guy go a picture on a trail camera of a big buck that had just two big flat spots where his gear was (probably the reclusive 14pt nobody has seen in person).

I've had my dog out a couple times and went to all the bedding areas close by, nothing. I'm planning to go further out soon after a little melting with the projected 40°F days coming up this weekend.

My dog has never found a real shed, just all the planted ones I leave around.

[huntercole]

I found one last weekend when I was checking trail cams. All of the rest of the bucks on camera still had both sides.

[J. Cook]

These threads amaze me - in 25 years of hunting I've never found a single shed.  My 8 year old, Mason, found one this year from a pretty 6 point.  Dang!!!!  Even my little man can find them!      

I'll get a pic of him holding it and post it.

[ron w]

Been hunting and spending in the woods since the 60's and I have only found 3 sheds. 2 were chewed up pretty good the other one was a year old but a real slammer. Only one side but from a 150+ class buck, a real Adirondack classic.

[bowhunterfrompast]

Great thread    

I have found 3 single sheds in the past, and literally stepped on one of them walking down the deer trail looking for them    

[kennym]

I used to think bedding areas were the key, but I find most of mine where the deer were up moving about.  Think the extra motion shakes a few loose.

[jonsimoneau]

Same with me Kenny. And I agree. They are most likely to move them while out moving around. I do better around feeding areas but I still find plenty in bedding areas. I've actually gotten to the point now where I don't look for them as much as I used to unless I have got all my scouting done for the spring. Scouting and shed hunting at the same time just doesn't work as well for me since I tend to move much faster when shed huntng. Scouting at a slow pace works better for me.

[kennym]

Yep and when scouting I spend a lot of time looking at prospective stand trees!! LOL

Actually luck seems to be my best way of finding them when I'm actually doing something else!