nyflyer

Never hunted for sheds before. Thought I'd give it a try this year any tips on where to start looking (ie. fence lines, fields, creek bottoms, etc.)?

skeeter 7MM

nyflyer, I have found most of my shed by starting on the food source and back trailing to bedding areas. Some lay out in the open while other drop off in the woods. If deer yard up in your area for the winter than this process may not be as broad, concentrate on large numbers and work back from there.

Love shed hunting, but still to early as I have seen loads of bucks still carring the dress on top. In another month or so things will start dropping and i'll be out searching.

Here's a pic of Crabbie's Shed ( I found last year):

skeeter 7MM

You can see how he got his name with this pic:

slugman

never even thought of it ....might try it this year

j3k2c1

anyone know when to look for mule deer sheds in Utah and Wyoming?

hoythunter48

Already found the set of a small 6 this year, my cousin shot a "doe" today that turned out to be a buck that had already dropped, my biggest shed is one antler with 5 points, it scored like in the mid 60's im thinkin, it came from chillicothe ohio

Rtiny

so is that considered a buck or doe??? I mean it's a male but no antlers, tech... it's doe... right?? Just wondering.[:'(]

brush buster

if it has male genitalia it's a buck hello

KoBear

this is why the states sell antlerless/antlered tags, not buck/doe tags

Ol Gutshot

There was actually a doe taken south of here with a huge rack of 17 non typical points in full velvet. She was examined by a Texas Parks and Wildlife biologist and no male err plumbing was found and she had all the equipment of a doe, so not a hermaphrodite. A hormonal inbalance in the extreme was TPW's hypothosis. It was in the newspaper about a month ago. Very bizzare. Guy had seen it and was watching it all last season. She never shed, but continued to grow all summer. He notified TPW before he shot it and they were with him the whole time, so no BS.