I remember an older post about shed hunting and different ideas about it.

Anyhow - a bud of mine out here in Utah has 300+ acres backed up to about 10,000 BLM acres and there are tons of elk roaming around.

Anyhow, we take about 2 tons of hay out to his property every few weeks and leave it bundled. The elk then tear apart the bales with their antlers.

What we are hoping is that when it comes time to drop, they will be tearing bales apart and drop right there - not much hunting for them will be involved.

We also hope that I draw out for an elk tag in that area this year since we've seen some MONSTER bulls out there!

Shed hunting has become a hot topic here in utah lately, with the extreme cold in the cache county and deep snow along along the wasatch front people think you should leave the animals alone.

Leave them alone how? By not feeding them? And why is this such a hot topic? It's not like we are jumping on them and sawing off the antlers - we are feeding them and hoping when they drop, they drop near where we are feeding them.

I dont have a problem with what your doing, or shed hunting in general.
It has become such a hot topic due to the cold weather, some people are out looking for sheds and disturbing the winter grounds where the animals should be left alone. Right now along the wasatch its not looking to bad most the snow has melted off the slopes so hopefully that helps the deer/elk/moose.
If you go to the bowsite and read the utah conference you will see the debate about this along the wasatch front.

Dianna

Elk aren't dropping their antlers for another few weeks, so I have no clue what people in Utah could be complaining about.