shed hunting
 

I went out sunday and filled my feeders and put out 2 trail cameras. Hoping to see if the bucks are starting to drop. I did a little looking but found nothing but tracks and plenty of those since it stopped raining on saturday. Anyone having much luck finding sheds yet? I found one on 12/26/04 but nothing since.

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Over the last 2 weeks I have seen this group of deer on the way to work. When I see them it's 2:30 am. The first time I had to stop as one was crossing the road so I looked to where it came from and saw a bunch more on the field edge ready to cross also. I could immediatly see 2 bucks in the group, one with one antler and the other sporting both. The rest were either does or bucks that dropped both. That was on a Fri so Mon I stopped on the side of the road and used my spotlite to check the field out. There were eyeballs everywhere all bedded up. It seems the deer are crossing a railroad track then the north and south bound lanes of a double lane divided hwy to get into this field. There are new houses behind the field. About 2 days later here they are in the road again leaving the field heading for the tracks and woods. This Fri I have to go up that way to have sticthes removed and plan on walking that field. I just know there should be some dropped sheds in there. Will post what I find if anything.

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Slowly starting to find a couple each weekend. Things should get good down here in another couple of weeks.

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I wen tout for a couple of hours on Saturday and found an old shed form last year or year before, it broke in half when I picked it up from the squirrels eating on it. Not much but should find some good ones soon.

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Man I have been out close to 10 hours this year. Not one shed yet. I am going out again today.

I have found 3 dead deer. One being a good sized buck whom some trespasser cut the head off of. He had to have been there trespassing the day before I was there. It had just snowed the day before and there were boot prints in the fresh snow.[:@]

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Yes I am going out agina today as a matter of fact, im going out in just a few minutes..LOL Wish me luck. Dang I hate a tresspasser.

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I almost forgot when I started this post, but I did find a shed along the creek. It was a deers tail. Appeared to have been pulled off-no bone inside the hide and looked to be fresh. It was in a place where it could have washed in from run off, but I don't think so. I am use to finding hair from where a deer has been eaten but this tail was there all by itself.

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I had a good 8 pointer cross the the road in front of me Saturday night. He had both sides on yet and this was in northern WI.

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Found two sheds a week ago but nothing this past weekend after searching for 3 hrs. Jumped 4 different bucks though late in the afternoon that still had thiers attached. I think here in central Michigan a few more weeks will make a big difference.

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I've been out a few times..Found two match sets 1 set whitetail,1 set muley. Also found six other fresh sheds..Nothing real big..Did find a match set from last year he was about a 150 class buck..Its been snowing lately..as soon as it clears I'll be back out.

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We saw 27 bucks still carrying both sides this past weekend. Really is a slow drop up here this year with 7 sheds found for a total. We backed off tromping as the deer are feeding a lot during the day and we don't want to push them out of our area.

Too bad as we have had decent weather and not much snow. Finding them wouldn't be a problem if they were on the ground. The deer are in great shape so not all is bad. Should be good for some big racks next fall.

I don't think I posted this picture on here. Tyler found one side on the top set, I found the other side to a buck we now have 3 complete sets of sheds to in the last 3 years...



If you are wondering about the bottom set of sheds... he injuried the one side during antler growth. Grew normal the last two years and there is not doubt these sheds come from the same buck. Interesting part is all sheds have been found within 300 yards in the 3 years. Tyler's hoping to get a chance at him next fall with bow. The boy is in for a challenge. I passed on him 3 times when he had the messed up side but have only gotten within 70 yards of him once since then over the last 2 years. He is a smart one!! Not the biggest antler buck in my area but grosses 140 and nets 137 with a 17 inch spread. He will be 6.5 years old next fall and a buck we have had a lot of fun finding sheds and hunting over the years.

Tim

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I have found one shed...it was a nice spike.