Shed Antler Traps
12-27-2013, 05:45 PM
#4
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Hamilton, OH
Posts: 456
Staked up chicken wire with corn at the base. Deer feeds on corn and the antlers get stuck in the wire and fall off.
Or a 5 gallon bucket with corn in the bottom so the antlers get knocked off when he puts his head in.
Or 3 hale bales in a triangle with corn in the middle.
Or corn underneath a blown down tree so the branches knock the antlers off.
Never tried any of them though.
Or a 5 gallon bucket with corn in the bottom so the antlers get knocked off when he puts his head in.
Or 3 hale bales in a triangle with corn in the middle.
Or corn underneath a blown down tree so the branches knock the antlers off.
Never tried any of them though.
12-28-2013, 04:20 AM
#7
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Allegan, MI
Posts: 8,019
***Good point, as they don't all lose them at a certain time. Each buck's testosterone level causes the rack to drop and each buck is different. It can be a number of weeks from when the first one to the last one sheds.
12-28-2013, 06:00 AM
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 3,359
Ive never done it we are never allowed to bait any wild animals. I just walk and look but Ive heard bungee cords work pretty well and also hog panels from people that did it back before the law change. Even back then though I just walked and looked. It gives me a reason to scout.
Last edited by rockport; 12-28-2013 at 06:03 AM.
12-28-2013, 06:13 AM
#9
Fork Horn
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Maryland
Posts: 129
old fasion way
Why not just do it the old fasion way, Walk trails, scout,know terrane better.Great exersize. When i do it by looking for deer sign and antlers, i feel really great when i find them.Wire would only hurt deer, bucket is to easy(if it works, i don't think so).Have fun scouting.
