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You need to know what the deer are feeding on at this time of the year. We spend a lot of time scouting now to see where and what they are feeding on.

Keep track of all good feeding areas. Feeding areas are the key to good shed hunting in my area.

Once most of the bucks have shedded or if you have competition, by scouting you now have good places to start looking. We find roughly 80 % of our sheds in feeding areas. Our area is probably different from yours but the feeding area is always the best place to start. You will find sheds on trails going from the feeding area going to the bedding areas.

When we first started shed hunting, we just walk everything and found very few sheds. Once we started scouting and actually knew where the deer where feeding when they shed, our success rate sky rocketed.

Since the deer sometimes move away from our hunting spots and winter in other areas... Now is a good time to get permission from land owners for shed hunting, especially farmers!!! Not only will you have a greater chance to find sheds, it could open doors for hunting once the landowners gets to know you. With the way leasing/guiding is going... the more land you have access to now will help you in the future.

Some people think dogs, antler traps or baitpiles are the way to shed hunt... I disagree. Take a kid shed hunting and go tromping. The kids get to learn about nature. The smile on their face when they do find a shed is priceless. You will be rewarded 100X more then the other 3 ways of doing it. Trust me!!



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Tim