Wisconsin Shed hunters
01-15-2008, 08:22 PM
#1
Nontypical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Central Wisconsin
Posts: 1,196
Wisconsin Shed hunters
Just wondering if anyone has found any sheds yet or seen any bucks with horns on still.Also can I get a few pointers on where to look. Thank you.
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01-15-2008, 09:03 PM
#4
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Wisconsin and Canada
Posts: 2,415
RE: Wisconsin Shed hunters
I posted a couple pics here back in Dec of the first two I found. They were laying 15' apart. Nothing big....2 spikes and a small 4 (8pt).
No worry about being behind, I have a busy winter and spring......I'll be lucky to hit 100 this year.
No worry about being behind, I have a busy winter and spring......I'll be lucky to hit 100 this year.
01-15-2008, 09:05 PM
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Northwest suburbs, Illinois
Posts: 2,075
RE: Wisconsin Shed hunters
I'm a little further south in northen Illinois.. but I have 3 sheds and 1 dead buck thus far. Two in a bedding area and one on a trail between bedding and feeding.
As far as pointers.. walk.. and walk some more. Hit the south and east facing hillsides in woods or field.. hit feeding areas.. and hit every deadfall and bedding area hard. And when your just walking out to a particular area walk a good trail in between bedding and feeding.. and when you think you've walked enough walk some more.
It's still real early.. nearly all the bucks I've encountered still have full head gear on. But there are sheds to be found too.. just don't over pressure the deer.
As far as pointers.. walk.. and walk some more. Hit the south and east facing hillsides in woods or field.. hit feeding areas.. and hit every deadfall and bedding area hard. And when your just walking out to a particular area walk a good trail in between bedding and feeding.. and when you think you've walked enough walk some more.
It's still real early.. nearly all the bucks I've encountered still have full head gear on. But there are sheds to be found too.. just don't over pressure the deer.
01-15-2008, 09:35 PM
#7
Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Central Wisconsin
Posts: 1,196
RE: Wisconsin Shed hunters
Wow! great find guys and thanks for the help. I will be looking next week and will inform of my findings. Every shed I have ever found has been by accident. I just enjoy being out in the woods.
01-16-2008, 03:44 AM
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: ND
Posts: 1,627
RE: Wisconsin Shed hunters
ORIGINAL: shed33
3 dang... dan I am already behind!
cool stuff..any pix?
3 dang... dan I am already behind!
cool stuff..any pix?
dukemichaels, Troy, Dan and Bowhuntingfool
Any idea how many acres/ or milesyou cover in a year walking ?? How many sheds do you normally find?? Just curious. duke... spot on on the walking bit.
Just to give theoriginal poster an idea of how much walking we do... I get permission for at least 20,000 acres of private land in my area. Granted the deer herd up here and will winter inroughly1/4 of it. We will put on 10 -15 milesa day on weekends when we get serious... usually towards the end of Febuary. 3 - 4 milesafter work during the week startingby March when there is more day light. We try to make it out at least 2-3evenings during the week. Thereare two of us so times that by2.I usually put on180-200 miles a year. Tyler is well over that as he gets to usuallytromp4 daysmore when I have to work. Fair to say we put on about 400 miles a year between the two of us.
Last year was a great year and we found 246 sheds.We usually average 145 shedsbetween the two of us otherwise.Doing the math... we find 1 shed/2.75 miles of walking normally.Last year we found 1 shed/1.6 miles.
Our best day was 21 sheds. We usually average 5- 10 every outing.
Our terrain is ag land, CRP and catails/sloughs.
Tim
01-16-2008, 08:27 PM
#10
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Wisconsin and Canada
Posts: 2,415
RE: Wisconsin Shed hunters
ORIGINAL: TJF
Still pretty quiet here also. Boss's neighbor found 3 small ones when they werehauling grain out.I've yet to evensee a half rack buck. Tyler seen his first one last night on the way home from school.We saw a lot of bucks last weekend and this week.Tyler is chomping at the bit so I let himsnoop in onlya couple real goodfeedingareas so not to disturb anything. It will be a bit yet. We are in for some very cold weather the nextcouple weeks. That should loosen a few but it looks like mid Febuary before things startgetting good here.
dukemichaels, Troy, Dan and Bowhuntingfool
Any idea how many acres/ or milesyou cover in a year walking ?? How many sheds do you normally find?? Just curious. duke... spot on on the walking bit.
Just to give theoriginal poster an idea of how much walking we do... I get permission for at least 20,000 acres of private land in my area. Granted the deer herd up here and will winter inroughly1/4 of it. We will put on 10 -15 milesa day on weekends when we get serious... usually towards the end of Febuary. 3 - 4 milesafter work during the week startingby March when there is more day light. We try to make it out at least 2-3evenings during the week. Thereare two of us so times that by2.I usually put on180-200 miles a year. Tyler is well over that as he gets to usuallytromp4 daysmore when I have to work. Fair to say we put on about 400 miles a year between the two of us.
Last year was a great year and we found 246 sheds.We usually average 145 shedsbetween the two of us otherwise.Doing the math... we find 1 shed/2.75 miles of walking normally.Last year we found 1 shed/1.6 miles.
Our best day was 21 sheds. We usually average 5- 10 every outing.
Our terrain is ag land, CRP and catails/sloughs.
Tim
Still pretty quiet here also. Boss's neighbor found 3 small ones when they werehauling grain out.I've yet to evensee a half rack buck. Tyler seen his first one last night on the way home from school.We saw a lot of bucks last weekend and this week.Tyler is chomping at the bit so I let himsnoop in onlya couple real goodfeedingareas so not to disturb anything. It will be a bit yet. We are in for some very cold weather the nextcouple weeks. That should loosen a few but it looks like mid Febuary before things startgetting good here.
dukemichaels, Troy, Dan and Bowhuntingfool
Any idea how many acres/ or milesyou cover in a year walking ?? How many sheds do you normally find?? Just curious. duke... spot on on the walking bit.
Just to give theoriginal poster an idea of how much walking we do... I get permission for at least 20,000 acres of private land in my area. Granted the deer herd up here and will winter inroughly1/4 of it. We will put on 10 -15 milesa day on weekends when we get serious... usually towards the end of Febuary. 3 - 4 milesafter work during the week startingby March when there is more day light. We try to make it out at least 2-3evenings during the week. Thereare two of us so times that by2.I usually put on180-200 miles a year. Tyler is well over that as he gets to usuallytromp4 daysmore when I have to work. Fair to say we put on about 400 miles a year between the two of us.
Last year was a great year and we found 246 sheds.We usually average 145 shedsbetween the two of us otherwise.Doing the math... we find 1 shed/2.75 miles of walking normally.Last year we found 1 shed/1.6 miles.
Our best day was 21 sheds. We usually average 5- 10 every outing.
Our terrain is ag land, CRP and catails/sloughs.
Tim
Well last year I only got out 2.5 days up at camp. I walked about 20-25 miles those days and found 54 sheds. My best day was 23.
I'm hoping to get out a little more this year and at least break 100......if I had more time I know I could find 300-400 in a year up there.
On average I walk about 10-12 miles on a full day shed hunt.