Anybody gonna hunt sheds?
 

Im thinking about putting some time into shed hunting this year, when do you look for the deer to start dropping them? In this area if you dont find a shed shortly after it is dropped is going to be gone, even if you do it will probably have been nibbled on. Id rather have the antlers installed but Ill pick um up Im not above it .......hill

RE: Anybody gonna hunt sheds?
 

allready got a couple here in idaho and i have found sheds that are over a year old and untouched by critters. the deer will drop early if its a hard winter or the bigger the buck. just remmember go slow they blend in and are hard to spot

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We will start looking in a month or so ,But we only look for the elk horns .Last year I got a matched 6x6 and a small 5x7 ,plus a half dozen singles .Some of the singles were from the year before . got them all within 2 miles of the house .Good luck hunting .

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I will propably go this year and hopefully i will find the buck that goes with them....

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I start the end of Feb and go out every couple days.

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Another affirmative here. Gotta wait a few weeks though before they start dropping.

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I'll start looking in about another month, hopefully I can find some nice ones.
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I found two fresh sheds 7 days ago up in northern Arkansas, a spike and a 3 point, and also found two 4 point sheds that were last years (very little rodent damage on them).

Two weekends from now I am having a weekend antler shed outing - stump shooting and hutning sheds in the mountains - gonna be a great weekend ....

RE: Anybody gonna hunt sheds?
 

yep, huntin' here in Northern Idaho. Found one 4x4 winter kill, and 1 year old forky thus far.

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I'm going to look for them too.
All the deer I have seen this year still have their coat-racks attatched. I've read that now through March is the right time of year for deer in my area to drop them. I've also heard that they start later the further South you go.

The only shed I've ever found was on a complete skeleton. He had 8 inch spikes. It looked like some kind of Devil-beast.

The poor guy never knew what hit him. <img src=icon_smile_dead.gif border=0 align=middle>
Deer really need to look both ways before crossing the tracks.

Keep 'em all in the Bull.

RE: Anybody gonna hunt sheds?
 

I usually dont start looking till feb but i thiught with the warm weather we had who knows how it might affect the timing for bucks to drop their antlers. So i went out this am and found a matching pair of sheds and to boot they were in the same place i found one last year. I know where this paticular buck has his 2 bedrooms i found his matching set of sheds last year and got one from him 2 years prior. He added alot more mass to his rack this year and added one new point. Im still very suprised to have found sheds so early in the year but i am also very happy to have found his rack again.Unfortunatly i cant hunt this buck he resides in a area closed to hunting. So i will have to settle for hunting his sheds.Has anyone else noticed them dropping earlier than usual?

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I,ve never tried it, but was planning on taking my son out and doing a little snooping. I'll probably start early Feb. I saw a nice buck this year and would love to find his. I've read some articles on it and they say the best place to look is around food sources. If you have a fence that the deer jump, this is another good place. Good luck huntin.