Sheds
Contributors to this thread:Massachusetts
From: Wilgabeast
10-Feb-24
Got a picture Thursday of a 7 point with both sides still . But I’m heading out to zone 10 to do some shed hunting with the dog !
From: Cougar
10-Feb-24
From: Cougar
10-Feb-24
From: Cougar
10-Feb-24
Gotta get out there to beat the squirrels to them
From: Wilgabeast
10-Feb-24
From: Pi
10-Feb-24
This is a few days ago.
I think they're onto us... Delayed onset mating .
From: Wilgabeast
10-Feb-24
I found a fresh rub with shavings on top of the leaves and ice
From: Pi
10-Feb-24
Yep it's another late year. A few years back this happened. According to here and CT forum they were holding for a long time .
I checked a sure bet spot a few times already but only fresh shiny turds to show for it.
From: Blood
10-Feb-24
Put two miles on today in the thick stuff. Found 50-60 rubs - all small - no shed antlers. Did jump a few deer.
From: Will
10-Feb-24
I've been out a few times, none found yet. Some friends have found several so far.
From: Pi
10-Feb-24
Friends in Canada ?
From: Jebediah
10-Feb-24
My elderly mother found one (one side) in her front yard today. Jeez Louise.
From: Lunker
10-Feb-24
My son found one (1 side forky) in the middle of the dirt road at my hunting area. Jeeze Louise !
From: Lunker
10-Feb-24
A couple weeks ago I might add
From: MA-PAdeerslayer
10-Feb-24
My brother found one in New York and it shed his entire head!!!!
From: Pi
10-Feb-24
Hahaha head shed! "That's gonna leave a mark.".
From: Mhg825
11-Feb-24
Congrats to Louise !
From: Cougar
11-Feb-24
Did 4 miles looking for the guy who left these rubs... only shed I found was on my neighbors lawn lol #1 for 2024
From: Cougar
11-Feb-24
From: Cougar
11-Feb-24
From: Jebediah
11-Feb-24
That is a nice one! No sign of rodent chewing, it looks like.
From: Cougar
11-Feb-24
Nope. I drive by there every day and look every day so it hasn't been there too long
From: Pi
11-Feb-24
Maybe your neighbor was just being nice.
From: Cougar
11-Feb-24
Haha he has the best 6 oaks you've ever seen on his front lawn and there aren't many around up here
From: Pi
11-Feb-24
Well planted.
From: Will
12-Feb-24
Pi, Friends in the middle and north ends of Z9 and 10.
From: Pi
12-Feb-24
Hmmm. This could turn into a business. "Oak trees ! Oak... Get yer oak trees here."
From: Cougar
13-Feb-24
Here's how my shed hunting goes... glasses an antlerish looking stick : 7,534 times... gives up just starts trudging, steps on shed... the match is 6 feet away, right in the trail lol
From: Cougar
13-Feb-24
Frigging sticks man
From: Pi
13-Feb-24
I had one of those last week. I kept hitting it like it did something wrong .
From: Cougar
26-Feb-24
#4 , last year's
From: Lunker
26-Feb-24
Coug that big matching set is a he'll of a find. Unbelievable in fact. But may as well through that latest one out the window. Unless your gonna make a knife handle it doesn't count.
From: Cougar
26-Feb-24
Haha the smaller ones count more... harder to see! And easy to stash in a pocket so my 5 yr old can find one on her own
From: Lunker
26-Feb-24
Splendid.
From: Notime2fish
28-Feb-24
I’ve been putting in the miles in search of sheds with zero success. In fact I’m still seeing active scrapes and not very old rubs. I think it’s a bit early still in my area but curious if a mild winter and good food sources has any impact on when they shed.
From: fisherick
28-Feb-24
Found my first set of sheds yesterday, hopping for P&Y minimum next season.
From: Pi
28-Feb-24
Fisher' you may have a goat in those woods.
From: fisherick
28-Feb-24
Not anymore. Found these with partial skull while scouting some woods about a mile from a goat/sheep farm. Must have escaped the farm and coyotes had a meal.
Only sheds I found this spring. The rare Mass mountain goat species.
From: Cougar
28-Feb-24
I would speculate half the bucks r still holding... area dependant
From: Lunker
28-Feb-24
Interesting thought coug
From: Shanation
28-Feb-24
Went out for a stroll in a swamp yesterday, got into some thick wet stuff, took one step and in I went! Right leg all the way in and left leg about halfway before I was able to spin and grab some solid ground luckily. My right foot never touched bottom, could have been a real mess if I wasn't going so slow! Of course no sheds
From: Notime2fish
04-Mar-24
Success! It’s not a giant matching set but I’m happy to have found it.
From: Coondog
04-Mar-24
Found this nice four point shed in Arizona in January
From: Lunker
04-Mar-24
Coon. Should have been nonchalant about it. "Ya found this one today. Pretty unique. It's a keeper " we would have gone out of our mindz !
From: Arrownoob
04-Mar-24
I found a dead head and a chewed up forky. In November or October I found a real nice antler in the woods absolutely pristine. No blood on it but not one chew mark and many squirrels all around. No whitening at all. It didn’t seem fresh but maybe dropped in March-April I guess
From: BAT
04-Mar-24
Saw a buck in a field with full set of antlers while driving in NH over the weekend
From: Coondog
04-Mar-24
Damn if only I thought of that, Lunker! Would have been hilarious
From: Will
05-Mar-24
I've said it many times. If shooting a BIG buck is harder than a spike or similar sized deer... With sheds it's the opposite. You can see half a 170 inch rack WAY easier than a spike, and even if there are only 5 deer that big in MA, I bet it's still easier to find one of those than a little 3 inch spike.
From: Mhg825
05-Mar-24
I'm not having any luck, big or small.
From: Dthfrmabove1
05-Mar-24
This might be the last whitetail one I find. Let’s see you guys beat this one. Hahaha
From: Big Dog
05-Mar-24
No luck here
From: MA-PAdeerslayer
05-Mar-24
I found a shed on the way to work this morning… except it was in the middle of 440 and appears to have fallen from a flat bed that was bringing multiple somewhere for delivery I’m assuming. Lot of scattered lumber when they hit the ground and roll at 70 MPH.
From: Notime2fish
06-Mar-24
Got my steps in today. No sheds but covered in ticks. Most I’ve seen in a long time.
From: Jebediah
06-Mar-24
Same here on the steps, but no ticks thankfully. Also struck out on sheds, as usual.
From: Pi
06-Mar-24
Dfa. That's gotta be at least 8 inches. You know ?
