Antler shed traps?
I know this is a little early, but I wanted to ask it while there were still a lot of guys visiting the board.
Have any of you used antler traps before? I guy at work was telling me about them. I guess the premise is that you take some metal posts and drive them in the ground about 12" -18" apart in early to mid January right before the bucks begin shedding their antlers. You then put salt or some other treat for deer in the middle of the posts and as the bucks try to get at it, their antlers hit the posts and if they' re ready to shed, the bucks will actually bat their antlers against them to get them to fall off. You check the shed trap every few days and have a better chance of retrieving sheds, if you' re into that. It also gives you a good indication of what made it through the season.
Does anyone have any additional pointers or stories of success with the set-up?
Thanks.