Actually it's not as hard as it seems. The most important thing is training your eyes to only look in a 20 yd. circumference. Looking for sheds is the opposite of looking for deer. Looking for deer requires looking ahead, looking for sheds requires looking at the ground in front of you. You'd be surprised how after a while your eye can pick out tines sticking up. The hardest ones are when thay are upside down. This sport is also easier when you have a yellow lab that enjoys finding them as much as you do. This shed he found the other day was completely buried under the snow and he had no problem finding it. The fresh ones are easier for obvious reasons, a few years ago he found one that was under 18" of snow, it was at least 2 years old. Amazing! The best advice I can give you is to find where the deer winter and go back there when the snow melts. If it is a bad winter they will stay in one area for days or weeks thus increasing the odds. It also helps if you are OCD! Good Luck!