Greg,

Thanks, good to hear you didnt have any troubles in the cold weather. I need to get mine out asap. I may still catch a few big boys packing bone. They are dropping here, the old boys mostly. I hear you. Too many guys here get out way to early and beat the brush pushing the bucks before they drop. Its hard to control here; withlots of public ground, so its a catch 22 for me. I am going out in the morning behind the home bout a 5 mile round trip hike over a mountaininto a southern exposure. Mostly scouting checking routes in the snow but hope to run across a fresh shed or two.

Elk really get pushed hard in late March and often guys run bulls all over the country in competetion to pick up their sheds. Its getting so bad guys fight over shed hunting areas more than hunting areas... Sheds are big business out west, not sure about back in your neck of the woods.A fresh whitetail shed here has broughtup to 25 $ a pound.... The going rate now is about 16 $/lb for fresh bone on whitetails and 9-10 for elk.

Take care, good luck scouting and shed hunting. I've always meant to ask you if you've killed any bucks you had their sheds too? You probably answered this before, but I missed it. thanks..

Troy