ChiTownBuck

It was my third time out and I finally found one. I went to a forest preserve where I have came across some nice big bucks while photo hunting. I walked for hours cutting back and forth turning over every clump of leaves, and kicking over branch’s only to find nothing. I only stopped to take off my gloves to wipe my runny nose. When I went to pick up my gloves guess what was laying just inches away. Yep my first antler! It was just a fork horn but I will take it. I can’t wait to get back out there.

mauser06

congrats to you!! i went out twice...once searched for about 2 hrs on deer trails and another hour i walked to look for more hunting ground one a quad trail and found nothing....but the deer herd back there isnt to great..buck to doe ratio is about 1 buck to 4-6 does...so it will be hard for me...i doubt i really go back out to shed hunt there....congrats to you!!..you would probally walked right by it lol...good job..keep finding them!

Wickman (Buckmaster)

mabe you should stop to wipe your nose more often, lol congrats to you on your find, i still havent found anything here.

TJF

Congrats on your first shed. Some of them blend in real well. Been a few times I have walked by a shed and not seen it then came back though the same area and found it. I like to stop every 20 or 30 yards and look back from where I have come and scan all around me. I tripped over one once in some taller grass that had been pushed down by the snow covering it. If I hadn' t tripped on it I never would have found it. Anyways congrats again and goodluck finding more.

Tim

deershed

Congrats on your first find,I hope many more will follow.It seems you always find them when you least expect to.

deerhuntr107

Congrats on your first.

I found my first the first time out. It was a 5 point side to a 2 year old buck. Thats also the last one I found, I went out 2 times that year and looked field edges and last year I only had time to go out once. This year I' ve looked around the fields around the house and havent finished that yet but I also went to the hedge row that my stand overlooks and there is alot of fresh sign and I walked all through the trails on that thing and all I found was a dead buck. Dead while still in velvet, 2 year it looked like but that would only be a guess, not enough to take of the horns one side about 6" with no tines and the other is about 1" , coyotes had got to it of course but I found one hell of a scrape, I know...too late, it was about 4 ft. across and about 3 ft. front to back. I walked this 200yd.X20yd. hedge row and walked all 4 trails in and out of it and through both thickets with more briar than any sane person would walk through, but I did it, but to no avail horn wise, still came home hornless but got to scout and had fun doin it, guess thats what really counts

Firedawg

Congrats! I found my first shed antler this past bow season while trailing a doe. Needless to say at that time squirrels had already beaten my to it. It was half of an eight ptr. Hope you find many more. Good Luck

halcon

I went out a couple days ago and found all kinds of elk horns ,only one problem they were still wearing them . This is kind of late for here but the weather has been pretty mild this year . I did find a few deer horns from last year but nothing new so far . Luck to you all halcon

btpatriot02

Congrats!!

I finally found my first and second on Sunday. The first one was one antler of a fork horn and the second was the nine ptr that I missed earlier in the season,At least I was able to get a piece of him, maybe this seaon I' ll get the whole package!!

PABowhntr

Great story! I have not had the chance to engage in that activity yet this year especially with the snow cover. But, the recent warm weather has changed that and I see a window of opportunity opening up this weekend. Maybe with a little hard work I can have as good as results as you did.