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I always swear this will be the year I actually get out and put an effort into looking for some sheds, but never seem to pull away from all the things I have neglected during the IL archery season. Well I still haven' t made it out this year, but yesteday evening 3-05-03 I spotted about 9 deer on the back 40 that looked awful big to be does, so I ran in and grabbed the binocs. I was suprised to see that of the 9 deer, six were bucks. All six bucks were still wearing both sides. The biggest being about 18 to 20 wide, scoring maybe 140. There were two other decent deer then the rest appeared to be yearlings. Today I drove through the area and spotted what I think was the same big buck with both sides still on. Oh yeah, I live in extreme Southern IL.

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I usually dont get out shed hunting much myself, That would be awsome to see them big bucks with horns still on this late.

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Hobbes, I hear ya' ! I say the same thing! This is the year though. I have been out about 6 times so far. Got lucky on my first trip! Also I sure have learned alot about my areas where I bowhunt! Very interesting, found a bedding area also a few rubs around some BIG trees in the same area. Trails, Trails and more Trails! Can' t wait to get back out shed hunting as well as Bowhunting! good luck!:D:D:D:D

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Checked out the local deer pen yesterday, 2 out of the 9 bucks were still carrying both sides. 3 others had singles on yet. Most of the antlers were cast within the last 10 days. With the warm weather coming this weekend. I' m hoping the snow will somewhat melt making it easier to find the sheds! I" ll wait and see though.

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I hear ya St Croix, I will be out again this week. Can' t wait! :D

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I have been out probably about a half dozen times since mid February. I think I have found eight sheds in the 14 or 15 hours I have spent looking. In that time I have seen about 40 maybe 50 deer and have not seen even a half rack running around. I guess it is a case of different faces in different places. :)

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Went out looking last night, didn' t find a shed but I seen 4-bucks with both antlers still on. One positive thing I did see was the large albino buck had lost his antlers. I looked a bit for them but darkness soon fell. This fella is a 5 1/2 year old buck that I have on video the past 2 years. I am thinking about getting out this weekend and put some more miles on. Seem to be stuck at 5 sheds.

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Hey St. Croix, got any pics of that guy? If so, postem please! He sounds like a monster![:-]

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BHF, I videoed the albino on Hi-8 so it is pretty much impossible to get a still image off that format. If you or someone know how I would gladly post it. I seen him again yesterday and he is still in the same area. However I haven' t picked up his antlers yet. I did find 4 sheds in the area, including a matching set off a 3.5 year old 10-point. The other 2 were from yealings. That brings the total up to 9 now. I plan on getting out tomorrow evening to look again with the pup.

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ST.Croix, Do you live in Mondovi, or outskirts, I will be there on April 24 for turkey hunting. I have hunted there for the last 3 years, to the west to the south of hwy 10. I usually stay at the hotel in Mondovi on the corner on the east side of town.:)

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lots of deer still wearing there crowns here in nebraska.

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Don I live on the south side of town of Hwy 37. Should be around that week/weekend. Otherwise the sheds have been hard to come by, mild winters make for hard sheddin' . I have put in 4 hours this week and have come up with 2 sheds, one was even from last year. Hopefully others are having better luck than I am. Both found on a creek bottom.

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my buddy got one the other day, eight-pointer...on one side, this thing was a big ol' brut, i know next year we will be looking long and hard for this buck, who_else

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I am up in northern Illinois.

I can tell you that there ain' t nothing wearing any headgear around these parts.

I have found some " good" sheds and a couple " tremendous" sheds!

Get out in the woods and start kickin around, cause once things green up the sheds will surely belong to the mice and squirrels.

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I was out scouting for Turkeys today and found a half with four. Nice hieght but Im sure it was a young buck and not too wide. I start Turkey hunting the 16th so I' ll be looking for more as I move around in that area.

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Was out last night pulling some fence post, I almost stepped on a 4-point shed 52" I looked up and the other side was maybe 30 yards away in the woods. This side was a 5-point and it scored 61" . Kind of a unexpected find the buck has lots of character(stickers) and should be a good one this fall.

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I went out for a little drive last night and saw about 25 deer in a field. So today I went back and was going to look for sheds. I wasn' t there 20 minutes before I found this 6 point shed. I checked the field for a bout 10 minutes then decided to look on the inside edge of the woods. I walked about 70 yards and found the " match" . I' m assuming that it' s the match. There is no guarantee, but a lot of the same characteristics are there. The first shed that is six points would probably score around 70" . The five point shed would go about 65" . I' ll probably score them up tonight. I have better pics coming. But for now, these will have to do.

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Iwas walking in one of my hunting areas today and I jumped up 2 deer bedded down 25 yards from me. One ran away from me giving me a view of nothing but its backside couldnt tell if it was a doe or a buck that had already shed its antlers. The other had a 120 class 6 point rack of polished hard antlers, Ive never seen them with antlers this late in the year in this area before? It had good body size and a very symetrical rack.