Any info on making a shed antler trap ??
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From: carbon shooter
04-Feb-08
Any ideas on making a shed trap for deer antlers ???
From: timberghost
04-Feb-08
From: timberghost
04-Feb-08
From: timberghost
04-Feb-08
From: timberghost
04-Feb-08
From: BlueBuck
07-Feb-08
Guys:
I have seen the string method used on major trails entering food plots on camps along MS River in Arkansas. The string is set close to a deer's average head height and catches the antler just the same as those shown in the pics around the feeders.
From: Northwoods
08-Feb-08
They are evidently illegal in some states as well. Minnesota, I recently read, is one of them. Not a bad idea to check out the game laws before creating one.
Northwoods
From: lonewolf1985
08-Feb-08
Check out www.shedhunter.net, to expensive for me, but the advertisement says it is safe for deer. A bucket suspended by break away bungy cords.
something to look at
From: St. Croix
08-Feb-08
They are not a good idea due to the fact that they can potentially injure the animal, cause entanglement, or knock the antler off prematurely. That is why they are illegal in Minnesota. I guess in this day and age where everyone is pressed for time and so demanding, then it probably is much quicker and easier than hiking the woods and burning shoe-leather. The cool thing about actually going out looking for antlers is that you can combine it with scouting at the same time. But, then if you only hunt that pile of corn that is probably a waste of time too.
From: mason
11-Feb-08
Go walk for them!
From: B4LITE
11-Feb-08
Hog wire on three posts ">" width 40" apart put corn in narrow part. If they are loose the slight bump agoainst the wire will cause them to fall off. If not they just back out. Shouldn't hurt them. Check local laws.
From: Nooner
11-Feb-08
mn_archer -- you might be watching too much hockey.
From: jaybee
12-Feb-08
I won't respond anymore, other than the original thread was on how to build one nothing else!!!
From: Bou'bound
12-Feb-08
you don't need to trap them. you can walk right up to them and they let you pick em' up.
From: NYSupersportsman
12-Feb-08
From: mn_archer
13-Feb-08
Lazy and innovative-
You are joking, right???
Michael
From: StickerPoint
13-Feb-08
Corn under a pinic table works great.
From: blacktail
14-Feb-08
take a 50 ft X 4ft high roll of field fence and unroll it and hook it end to end.........place corn in middle, if horns are ready they will come off from jumping in and out....can be set up anywhere, and is easily removed when done. R
From: dihardhunter
14-Feb-08
timberghost is that your contraption? Holy Crap!
From: hobbes
14-Feb-08
I believe they are illegal in IL also. I do not believe they should be legal anywhere.
From: thumper
15-Feb-08
i snuck right up on a 3x4 set of muley sheds last night.they're not nearly as crafty as i thought,but then again they have'nt had much pressure in my area yet.
