I can’t believe another shed season has come and gone, and this one will go down as the year of “quality” not “quantity”.  We found some very nice finds, but didn’t find any-where near the numbers as we had found in previous seasons.  This may have had to do with our smaller groups while shed hunting this year; but mostly, I think it had more to do with the weather.

Typically, when we have some very cold and nasty weather in February which stresses the deer enough to really make the antlers drop in quantities and while they are yarded up on food sources.  Warm temperatures throughout February and March have basically allowed deer to spread out throughout the countryside, and it results in their sheds being spread out as much.

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I actually had one of the best shed seasons from the quality standpoint.  I found several good sheds, including my biggest ever!

The common theme though was the quantities where just not there.  Last year my good buddy Dallas Ft. Worth absolutely cleaned up on the sheds.  This year, we both found around a dozen, and again, he found mostly nice mature buck sheds. 

I meant to write a series of field journals throughout the shed season, but once again, business had other plans.  The age old term – “got to make hay while the sun shines” couldn’t be more true in my case.  I am forced to sacrifice much of my personal life and time outdoors depending on what business dictates.  In the current state of the economy, I’m taking full advantage of every opportunity that is presented to either one of my companies!  I have been fortunate enough to be too busy to shed hunt nearly as much as I would have liked to.

I did manage to walk many new properties that I can’t wait to hunt this upcoming fall!  There is nothing like walking into that new piece for the first time with thoughts and wonderment of what may or may not happen.  Giant bucks, snorting does, and beautiful sunrises and sets to occupy the mind.

With shed season coming to a close, the gobbles of turkeys now fill most of our minds.  I’m not as much of a turkey hunter as most guys.  Again, business being the most important thing I can do this time of year, a trip to China and a couple hundred hours of design time spent in-front of my computer will likely be what I’m doing this spring instead of enjoying myself outside.

Writing field journals is tough when you sit in-front of a computer working instead of spending time outside.  I can say however, the time I spend now is often occupied by thoughts of Northwest winds in the fall, or the sound of hooves crunching on the leaves as they close the distance.  For before long we will be sitting in a stand wondering just what might happen.

Good luck turkey hunters!