One thing to concider is in the Gunnison valley, the temps. this winter have not gotten above freezing for months now, and the snow is piling up. That place is the coldest in the state during winter! Glad I don't live there. BUT what I don't understand, if you're looking for sheds, why chase or disturb the animals, UNLESS he was trying to make them run and HOPING that the antlers would fall off because of that. Most shed antlers I've seen weren't still attached to the animal!!