shedded antlers
 

Where do you find yours ?

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Where they fall......of course;)

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I've found a lot of mine in the fields, field edges, and fence rows. But I did find two today in the woods.

I do know this. You can't find very many in your living room. So get out and look.

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on the ground, some in bush's..lol:D

I ussaly just find my by fields and stuff and look on the heavy traveled runways!

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I never beleived the hype, but this year I found one where a trail crossed a stream... The thought being that if they are jumping they cause drama to their head, thus dropping the antlers.

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drama?

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maybe you mean "Trama" but yes i have found sheds rights next to streams but i dont know if thats the reason

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I spend alot of time walking trails between feeding and bedding areas keeping in mind bucks dont stray far from food sources in winter time.I like pipe and power right of ways keying on the sides that get the most sun.Edges of clear cuts with the best 1's being two to say 5 years old.I've never had much sucess with fence or creek crossings jarring antlers loose but I still check them anyway.I like places where deer cross roads and get hit by cars I find alot of bucks laying dead in those spots.(I tell people I killed the bigger ones)But thats our little secret.I carry bino's a good set of pruning clippers.I go thru alot of briers.Iwalk a short distance then stop and check my back trail you will be suprised at how many sheds you walk by.I look for small parts of the antler just like ya look for small parts of deer when you are hunting.A curve of a main beam or the end of a tine.I hope this helps.

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I have never found a shed before but you couldnt say that I have never tried. I've spent probably 8 hours in the woods combining this year and last year. After I look for a long time and not find anything, I get that "I probably just didnt see it when I walked by" feeling. Ive even taken antlers into the woods with me and threw them on the ground just to see how easily they would stand out from the leaves, sticks, grass, ect. Now I know where I need to really concentrate, like in cut down corn fields.

Whats really ironic, last year me and my dad spent about 3 hours searching for sheds with no luck. About a week later, he took a walk with my sister, and comes back with a nice 3 point shed with no brow tine and says "I was just walkin along the trail, looked down and there was an antler layin there!" He wasntreallyevenlookin for sheds. It just goes to show that its really all about luck.

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I have never found a shed before but you couldnt say that I have never tried. I've spent probably 8 hours in the woods combining this year and last year. After I look for a long time and not find anything,

Whats really ironic, last year me and my dad spent about 3 hours searching for sheds with no luck.
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I could say that you didn't really try. If you've only spent 8 hours in 2 years looking for sheds, you aren't trying. I spend 8 hours a weekend looking for em easily. They don't just jump in your pocket, it takes a lot of boot leather, and time to find em.

I have 14 sheds this year, and probably more than 100 hours looking. 3 matched sets that go 120-150.

I realize that in PA you may not find as many, but they are there. Especially since the AR's.

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Yes I have deffinatly tried to find sheds. I haven't litearlly kept track of how many hours I have spent looking, but with school, homework, sports, and all the other distractions, I really dont have a lot of extra time on my hands. Plus the area I have permission to hunt is only about 10 acres, so I search every square inch of the property.

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Bass sounds like your off to a good start.I've walked maybe 30 miles so far and have 4 to my credit and 1 of those was laying next to my feeder in my back yard.Pa is such a heavily hunted state that sheds are hard to come by even for a well experienced shed hunter.Its very easy to get discouraged here.But your right they are here. Finding them is 25% luck and the rest dedication and perseverance.
My point to you bass is this.Its easy to be condescending and negative.Instead why not be helpful and positive.You sound like you know how to find sheds so why not help beginners out.Every year since I've been on the internet I have typed instructions atleast 10 times a season on how to find them.So thats probably 70 times I've done that.Sometimes it gets old but when someone posts photos and details of there finds then its all worth it.Bowhunter keep looking and if you have any questions feel free to ask.Good luck

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I wasn't being condecending. I got 2 kids under 4, a full time job, and numerous other responsiblities too. If you hunt deer 12 hours a year do you really expect to shoot a wall hanger? Same applies to shed hunting. I was being truthful. If you look for sheds an average of 4 hours a year, you aren't gonna find any. I'll be happy to help anyone find a shed and give all the tips I know, but with that amount af time spent, and you quit looking I wouldn't bet on you finding one either. I'm no master shed hunter, and I hunt mostly public land here in IL, if you ain't burning boot leather you aren't gonna find em. Sometimes the truth sucks. Like findinbone says, "get out there and keep lookin."

BTW PA has significantly more public land than IL. I think we rank 48th or 49th in public land per capita. Hike it and you'll find em.