SHED HUNTING THREAD - PICs INCLUDED

[TonkaBass]

nice color for sure! I hope to pick a few horns yet

[B.S. Bait]

Found 10 sheds so far this season. Found a nice 4pt side that scores 63 1/8. This is the third year i found sheds off this buck. He put on 14 inches on one side last year. He should be a brute this year if he made the winter.

[CC Hurl]

Nice looking shed Northwoods. Boyd and I got out last Saturday for a few hrs. Found a couple that had been chew up real bad. I found them as Boyd was not on his game. It was up to him to retrieve them though and that he did. I let him play with another female Lab for about an hour or so before we headed out. I learned I am a rookie at this. Should have never let that happen as he tuckered himself out. It was very warm out there as well. Going back this weekend as it will be much cooler and not sunny. I have found them to stick out much better when the sun isn't real bright. From what I understand the dogs sniffer works better in moist weather as well. I know we will stay cooler.

Nice job on the good season you have going there B.S. Sounds like you have a nice spot for shed hunting.

[NorthwoodsMap]

Found 6 today.....

[B.S. Bait]

Found shed #11 a 67 inch 4pt on a short work in between jobs on wednesday. 20 minutes in, there it was. It is a year old and has some chews on the tips, but the thing is still just huge to hold. Base as big as the top of a pop can. I did walk this woods a few times and walked within yards of this shed and never saw it their before.

[CC Hurl]

Nice picture of Mr. Boyd. Long nine hrs. with only the one to show. Boyd found a few animal bones so he was having a good time.

I enjoyed the day out there as well. Found an old KA-BAR knife stuck in a tree. Handle is rotted off but the blade is in good shape yet. Boyd did well, I for the most part walked right over the one he found in this pic. I heard the familiar antler against his teeth. Looked back were he was and he was grabbing up this bone. I had just walked over that spot. That was seven hrs. into the day... things were all looking like leaves. Lol

[monstermoose78]

Nice photo's and a great looking dog!

[slimngrizzly]

Hes beautiful Boyd is! You seem very proud of him CC! I hope he comes running back to you with an 80 incher one day!

[Lunker]

Found this matching set yesterday afternoon. Of course the few times I have shed hunted this year found nothing, and then I find these when I was not shed hunting. Found about 10ft apart on the side of a significant ridgeline. Both chewed, the right antler base and first 6 inches is chewed almost all the way through. Bad pic I know, no camera in the field.

[CC Hurl]

Nice find none the less. Darn critters can do a number on them antlers if given time. Never have found a match. That would be neat.

[muskrat411]

check out the shed hunting in this video we got 4 nice moose sheds. Also a shot a wolf and a ground squirel

[muskrat411]

Just put in the bridges on the trail to the mountains just need some snow and I can be up looking for some antlers and horns. If there is a caribou connected to the antlers all the better. Good to see you out and aboot.

[WalleyeChamp]

It's that time of year again! Anyone seeing one antlered deer or pick up any sheds yet?? Good luck out there!

[natertater83]

I'm hoping to get out after this cold front goes through

[MNpurple]

A coworker of mine finished up bowhunting in WI this weekend and said he saw 2 bucks with both sides off and another only carrying one antler.

[InTheNorthwoods]

I found two pretty decent 5 point sides this weekend while bowhunting the final weekend in North Dakota. I also saw several bucks that had shed one or both sides.

[Bass Whacker]

I jumped one this weekend with both antlers gone and one with one side dropped while out coyote hunting. This was in east central WI. The time has come to start putting some miles on the boots again.

[Swiftswamper]

I've shed hunted a lot with little luck. What's the best strategy or places to look? Thanks

[phorn]

Do you shed hunting pros think its to early in southeastern mn.

[Bass Whacker]

The bucks I saw were as far south as La Crosse. I don't think most bucks will start dropping for close to a month though, at least that's how its been in past years. I have found very few sheds before valentines day when I look back through the pile. I concentrate on food and bedding areas. The problem is they could be any were in between also so cover a lot of ground.

[certified jumbo]

Searched a couple hours in the extreme cold this morning. Standing corn and lots of sign. Several nieghbors on the board with nice finds already. Gonna try again tomorrow night. No dice for me yet....

[muskiemanAD]

Do you shed hunting pros think its to early in southeastern mn.

Yes, I generally see them carrying till March down there.

[laker1]

Everything I see in the Mille lacs area still has their antlers. Camera and ones I see.

[phorn]

Thanks guys. I'll wait a little while yet. Just looking for a excuse to get back in the woods. : )

[InTheNorthwoods]

Thanks guys. I'll wait a little while yet. Just looking for a excuse to get back in the woods. : )

Pretty easy to think "the bucks still have their antlers" when you see one (or even a group) of bucks with antlers. With that said, I picked up two fresh ones last weekend, and I've heard of a number of big sheds being found. Every year there are bucks that drop in December and bucks that drop in March (for example, I had one mature buck on trail cam that dropped in mid-December three years in a row). It doesn't matter whether you're in S. MN or N. MN, there will be sheds on the ground in December.