RE: If shed hunting was illegal in your state...
it was illegal in PA until recently....
still illegal to take a "dead head" from the woods....
kind of their way of helping to enforce poaching....if your caught carrying a head or antlers from the woods, they can possibly assume it was poached...gives them probable cause for farther investigation...if its found that you didnt poach, you'll still likely get the citation/penalty for taking the shed or dead head from the woods....that would be MY guess....