Shed Thread
Contributors to this thread:Whitetail Deer
From: DeerHunter2000
03-Feb-17
Has anyone been out shedhunting this year yet? I know its early for most of you but I've been putting some miles down and we've got 13 so far, 10 fresh ones. We have pressured deer with low nutrition so they tend to shed a bit earlier here in the south suburbs of Chicago.
From: DeerHunter2000
03-Feb-17
From: DeerHunter2000
03-Feb-17
From: DeerHunter2000
03-Feb-17
From: The last savage
03-Feb-17
That's pretty cool .....All I ever find is 2yr old, singles..3 points max..
From: Shaft
04-Feb-17
Awesome, Nice finds!...I do a lot of my shed hunting around the suburbs...They can be very productive!
From: Missouribreaks
04-Feb-17
Be sure you collect sheds legally, especially elk sheds out west. As in the Wyoming news, microchips and transmitters have been placed in planted sheds to catch trespassers and those illegally collecting antlers. In fact, microchips are now common even in live game and in private land shed antlers. Just something to think about.
From: South Farm
06-Feb-17
Thanks, I'll keep that in mind next time I'm out illegally picking sheds.
From: t-roy
10-Feb-17
Birthday shed! I just compared this shed to the buck I killed this year. 99.9% sure it's the same deer. I must have walked right by it last Spring. Dang squirrels:-(
From: t-roy
10-Feb-17
I dug through my shed pile and found the match to him. I'm 100% sure these sheds are from the buck I killed this year.
From: t-roy
10-Feb-17
Same deer.
From: ohiohunter
11-Feb-17
Holy smokes T-roy! Where did you find the crabby front sheds?? Im not so sure thats the same deer you harvested. My friend killed a perfect 12pt with nearly identical claws. I'll try to post a pic.... It was shot in Indiana.
From: ohiohunter
11-Feb-17
double
From: ohiohunter
11-Feb-17
Here
From: t-roy
11-Feb-17
James......Wow! It does look extremely similar. Iowa deer. I posted a thread on killing this buck. (Late season...Down to the wire) if you're interested.
I'm certain its the same buck from the unusual ridge on the inside of the main beams, the left brow has a matching blade, the non-typical point on the inside of the right main beams match (although not as pronounced this year) The bases to both sides match up as well. I didn't make the connection right away either, due to the crab claws, but when I got home, I sized them up and everything ties in together. He put on quite a few inches from last year to this year as well.
From: DeerHunter2000
11-Feb-17
Got another beauty today
From: t-roy
11-Feb-17
That is a nice one Jakob!
From: ohiohunter
11-Feb-17
Find the match to that bad boy, I'd like to see it!
From: Zbone
13-Feb-17
Some are still fully crowned but some are just now starting to shed in my area, just seen two carrying just one size since February 9th... Peak shedding timing seems to be from about now until the Ides of March around here, so don't really start searching hard until around mid March...
From: Zbone
13-Feb-17
This buck was carrying both sides on February 10, so he's shed one side just within the past 2 days...
Notice 2 sided buck behind...
From: Tman
13-Feb-17
Found this little whitetail shed yesterday. First of the year for me in Saskatchewan. Saw 23 mule deer bucks in one field yesterday that were all still packing both sides.
From: t-roy
13-Feb-17
Cool pic Tman!
From: squirrel
14-Feb-17
Puppy's first at 5 months
Puppy's first at 5 months
Not a bad way to start.
From: squirrel
14-Feb-17
I found this one not knowing she had the other pegged 5 yards away
I found this one not knowing she had the other pegged 5 yards away
From: squirrel
14-Feb-17
And this is while they were still being worn.
From: Zbone
21-Feb-17
Been out searching a few times past couple weeks, but peak shedding has just began around here, although most or many are still packing, peak will be the next couple weeks....
From: Scrappy
21-Feb-17
Saw way more bucks still carrying then shed.
From: Ben Farmer
22-Feb-17
My brother found this one in Pa yesterday.
From: bumpinblaze4x4
22-Feb-17
From: bumpinblaze4x4
22-Feb-17
Had one of my best outtings on sunday with the family; 8 total with a few big ones!
From: Zbone
22-Feb-17
Ben Farmer - That's a cool looking shed, unique... Gonna be a dandy next season....
From: deaver25btb
22-Feb-17
Rough score of 147"
Rough score of 147"
Found this one Sunday.
From: Zbone
23-Feb-17
Forky shed left side today between 02:16 AM and 7:27 PM...
From: dg72a
24-Feb-17
Number 2 as it lays....
From: DeerHunter2000
01-Mar-17
A nice side by side set I picked up after glassing it at 450 yards from the truck.
From: 8point
01-Mar-17
My first shed of 2017. Have him on trail can last week
From: cnelk
01-Mar-17
It always surprises me that people will walk for miles to pick up sheds of a buck that they wont shoot
From: EmbryOklahoma
01-Mar-17
It always surprises me that people start threads and instruct others to "score this rack" and are told to add inches for missing points. ;)
From: ohiohunter
01-Mar-17
"IF"
From: cnelk
01-Mar-17
@EmbryOK...
I bet you've 'added inches' for missing length too :)
From: EmbryOklahoma
01-Mar-17
Dont you "@" me!
Okay.. I might have embellished somewhere along the way, but never downstairs, you'll always be found out. ;)
From: Rob Nye
09-Mar-17
Date is right, time of day wrong.
Date is right, time of day wrong.
Thought I was world's worst shed hunter, found zero at home so far. Threw out a couple trail cams and got some pics during our first blizzard of the year couple days ago, 14 inches of snow and howling wind. 6 different bucks still packin' so there is hope for me yet. Dang snow put the kibosh on stump shooting for awhile tho.
From: Rob Nye
09-Mar-17
From: Zbone
09-Mar-17
Same here Rob, some bucks still packing, BUT, it's like a daily thing now...8^)
Beware the Ides of March...8^)
From: Zbone
09-Mar-17
Here's the 4x4 early this AM, dates and times are correct...
From: Zbone
05-Apr-17
Talked before about bucks carrying there racks in April being not uncommon, pulled this photo from my backyard trail-cam… Date and time correct…
From: t-roy
05-Apr-17
Burned some CRP off a couple weeks ago and found this guy :-(
I think he died in the fall-winter of 2015.
From: t-roy
05-Apr-17
A buddy found these on his farm north of me last weekend.
From: Butcher
05-Apr-17
From: CJE
05-Apr-17
