LETS TALK SHED HUNTING

[jemche]

i know it is early. what are your main strattegies for shed hunting? food sources, bedding areas, travel areas, etc. where have you found most sheds?

[saltwaterbucks]

I'm in the far west, Utah, and I guess Mule Deer are different, but I have found a lot of sheds where they BED.

Most antlered animals get a little sick at the time they are going to shed, so their moment is less at that time plus a lot are coming thru hard winters.

Just a western thought.

Great question or thread, thanks.

[ReelCommotion]

We make "shed traps" from time to time and get a few that way. We find trees that form a "V" and place chicken wire around them, then load it up with corn. It is really hit and miss most years, but we have found some nice ones in the past.

[quackkilla76]

we find some during turkey season out in the edge of fields and right around bedding areas.

[Five4Fighting]

I found my first shed ever this past Saturday.

It is Muzzleloader season here in PA. My dad, My uncle, 2 cousins, and myself were out pushing little sections out around the farm. I was walking through a very thick area they use for bedding and saw it laying there on the ground. It was just started to get chewed on by the critters. I wasn't even looking for them... It was dumb luck I saw it...

Oh, the size... It was from this little basklet rack 6 point I was seeing in archery season. Probably like 8 inch spread and abotuthe same high... Little rack but big deer...

[Buckeye]

I have found 4 already. I find them everywhere, but the last few years I have found them early (like now) and on the edges of my fields.
My advice is WALK,WALK,WALK.
I would want to agree with the bedding area if your deer have normal area they bed in. Mine friggen lay down where ever they want and take a snooze.
The biggest I ever found measured over 76" and I found it between xmas and new years.

[jemche]

I have found 4 already. I find them everywhere, but the last few years I have found them early (like now) and on the edges of my fields.
My advice is WALK,WALK,WALK.
I would want to agree with the bedding area if your deer have normal area they bed in. Mine friggen lay down where ever they want and take a snooze.
The biggest I ever found measured over 76" and I found it between xmas and new years.

i have always wanted to know... how do you measure a shed?

[sushi42]

I find shed hunting to be both fun and yet another way to pattern the deer you hunt to a degree. Even though their patterns have changed in the late season I find that the bucks still remain steady in their pattern. I agree with buckeye. Walk, walk, walk. I have also found that I find "hot spot" for sheds and typically find a shed in pretty much the same spots year after year. 76" is pretty darn nice buckeye! On the table are only some of the sheds I have found in the past and the head in the back was also found while shed hunting. He measures aprox. 155. Happy hunting!

[RWW]

I have found most of mine along the edge thick stuff around bedding areas. As mentioned you need to do alot of walking.

[FXRScotty]

Now is a good time here to hunt with a couple of inches snow they show up well. most bucks have dropped now too. Fence's , beds, ceder groves. Scotty.