2019 Sheds
Contributors to this thread:Whitetail Deer
From: Zbone
17-Feb-19
Thought there was already a shed thread but couldn't locate it so thought I start a new one being that time of year...
This one was found on a job site by a coworker friend Friday the 15th as we were lacing fiber optic cable out in a open field next to a shopping mall readying to hand pull the cable... I was probably within 40 or 50 yards of it and in the short grass/weeds but didn't notice or see it but I wasn't looking or expecting to see a shed in the middle of a city in a busy commercial area... After, I looked around and there ain't much places for this buck to live or hid, there is very little cover... Will be a dandy this year, kinda would like to see him with his rack and wonder if the other side matches...
From: MQQSE
17-Feb-19
First one of the season. Wasn’t looking but rather out pulling some cameras.
First one of the season. Wasn’t looking but rather out pulling some cameras.
From: BullBuster
17-Feb-19
As of 3 weeks ago
From: BullBuster
17-Feb-19
Idaho
Idaho
As of 3 weeks ago
From: Catscratch
17-Feb-19
Nice. All that I've had on trailcam are still holding.
From: Shedfreak
17-Feb-19
Been too much snow here to find many, but they are starting to show here and there. Good luck to all you shed hunters out there
Been too much snow here to find many, but they are starting to show here and there. Good luck to all you shed hunters out there
From: MQQSE
17-Feb-19
Checked 6 cameras today. Lots of antlers still riding around he farm on their heads.
From: CJE
17-Feb-19
From: Lee
17-Feb-19
Probably on the ground a couple weeks at most.
Probably on the ground a couple weeks at most.
My boy and I hit it this weekend - the squirrels did a number on this set!
Hell of an 8 CJE!
Lee
From: Inshart
17-Feb-19
Still snow up over the bellies of the deer strolling around here in MN. Gonna be a few weeks .... even with the best weather conditions.
From: Brotsky
18-Feb-19
I'd love to get my pup out to look but no way am I putting any pressure on our herd right now. Snow is balls deep on the bucks and you all know about the cold. Might have to look in late March but not even considering it until then. Hopefully a lot of folks follow suit in areas where winter is getting long.
From: ROUGHCOUNTRY
18-Feb-19
I was finding them in late January but we just keep getting snow and cold in Montana...….they're buried right now but it was starting off great.
From: SD BuckBuster
18-Feb-19
Awesome! Keep the pics comin!
And yes, there should be a shed hunting thread for darn sure!
From: tobywon
18-Feb-19
Man, I've never found a matching pair together like some of you do. Seems one falls off and the deer keeps walking with half rack for a day. Even in beds, usually just one if I'm lucky. Some great finds so far.
From: t-roy
18-Feb-19
First one. Looking forward to seeing what he looks like....
In about 4 years:-(
From: CJE
18-Feb-19
Found this guy this morning along with another small one.
From: fastfoodplots
18-Feb-19
From: Zbone
18-Feb-19
Went back this afternoon on my own time trying to locate the other side of the shed posted up top, no luck... Checked out the area a little and amazes me a buck that big can live in a metropolis around that many people with so little cover...
From: MQQSE
19-Feb-19
Couldn’t believe what I saw
Couldn’t believe what I saw
From: MQQSE
19-Feb-19
Loved pulling these out of the crusted snow.
Loved pulling these out of the crusted snow.
From: MQQSE
19-Feb-19
It’s like bringing twins home from the hospital!
It’s like bringing twins home from the hospital!
From: Chemop
19-Feb-19
This was my first walk of the year almost seven mile trip
This was my first walk of the year almost seven mile trip
From: EmbryOklahoma
19-Feb-19
Nice finds MQQSE!
From: SB
19-Feb-19
The only pair I found BEFORE all this snow were still attached to the deer! A shotgun season victim by the looks of the holes. And it wasn't a legal deer here either with our antler point restrictions!
From: SaddleReaper
20-Feb-19
Last weekend. Up to 7 so far in NY
From: Alexis Desjardins
20-Feb-19
Nice find Adam, same with the rest of u guys.
From: MQQSE
20-Feb-19
Even a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then Alexis!
Good luck this year with those beautiful bears up there in Manitoba!
From: SD BuckBuster
21-Feb-19
Bumping this thread up to the top....
From: TrapperKayak
21-Feb-19
Zip zero nadda so far, but only been out once at night. Nice NY finds...
From: The Kid
21-Feb-19
Decent set. Most are still holding in our area.
From: SD BuckBuster
25-Feb-19
WOW that is a great looking set!! Any pictures with a beer can next to them for reference?
From: Bou'bound
25-Feb-19
Sweet find.
From: The Kid
26-Feb-19
Sorry SD I don't have a beer can pic to relate to mass. I am not a P&Y scorer by any means, but the right side scored 69 7/8ths and the left was right at 68. I am really excited to see what he will look like next year!
From: SD BuckBuster
26-Feb-19
WOW he's going to be a STUD next year! Congrats on the great find.
From: Bowfinatic
26-Feb-19
From idaho
From: Boone
26-Feb-19
I am up to 23 as of last night. 4 sets
From: Boone
26-Feb-19
From: Boone
26-Feb-19
From: EmbryOklahoma
26-Feb-19
Nice finds, Chris!
Boone at it as usual! You are now known as the "shed man". :)
From: APauls
26-Feb-19
Tough finding em in this stuff. I spent a few hours dragging a few hundred pounds of sunflower screenings back into the bush to try and help out the 5-10 does I’ve been feeding through the winter. Temp this morning was -30 without wind and snow is knee to above knee deep out there in the bush.
From: The Kid
26-Feb-19
Nice finds Boone!
Thanks Rick! Missed seeing you and Lana at the Convention.
From: Daniel G. Banting
26-Feb-19
This is the only one I have seen.
From: Jasper
27-Feb-19
Found my first “hanger” yesterday
From: MQQSE
27-Feb-19
Found one from last year about an hour ago.
From: t-roy
16-Mar-19
Found a nice matching set today.
From: t-roy
16-Mar-19
As I found them.
From: Alexis Desjardins
16-Mar-19
Thanks Adam, too much snow here to look for horns good find everyone.
From: Hawkeye
16-Mar-19
Awesome Troy!
From: SBH
16-Mar-19
Too much snow in MT still but we are finally getting some melt off. Elk should be going good in a couple weeks. Seen a few shed bulls but I aint going up after them yet.
From: MQQSE
16-Mar-19
My son and friends had a good day on our IA and MO farms.
My son and friends had a good day on our IA and MO farms.
From: Shug
17-Mar-19
Found 9 so far this year.... The last two...
From: Shug
17-Mar-19
Another walk turned up this pile
From: Jeff Holchin
17-Mar-19
Takes a good eye to find spike sheds, Shug!
From: Shug
17-Mar-19
Yes Jeff... but I always wonder how many 60” antlers I missed
From: Whocares
17-Mar-19
Top this. My daughter and I spent 3hrs in a secret spot a year ago and this was it! And it was on the way back to my truck.
From: Whocares
17-Mar-19
And one I found last year. Amazing when u think about it.
From: t-roy
17-Mar-19
How’s this Whocares. I found this one out in SW Nebraska while I was trying to belly crawl up on an antelope several years ago. I found it about 5 minutes after I just about put my hand on a tiny (6” long) prairie rattler on the same sneak. He only had one button on his rattle.
Charlie will probably be along soon and submit pics of the matching buttons he found and outdo all of us ;-)
From: Whocares
17-Mar-19
t-roy, if i'd have put my hand on a baby rattler the stalk would've been over. The momma had to be around somewhere!
From: Shug
17-Mar-19
Who cares and T Roy... 10 years ago in west Texas looping around in rocky terrain on some Javalina glance down to watch my footing and something catches my eye. I pick it up and it’s a small piece of busted tine.
It must have been there for a wile as it was chalky and cracked...
From: Shug
17-Mar-19
Who cares and T Roy... 10 years ago in west Texas looping around in rocky terrain on some Javalina glance down to watch my footing and something catches my eye. I pick it up and it’s a small piece of busted tine.
It must have been there for a wile as it was chalky and cracked...
From: t-roy
17-Mar-19
Shug....I think that tiny shed that I found had been there for several years as well. It was in similar condition as your tine.
From: sagittarius
18-Mar-19
Happy St. Patricks Day!
From: sagittarius
18-Mar-19
From: HuntinHabit
18-Mar-19
Nebraska flooding just ruined any opportunity for shed hunting this year. Maybe the morel season will be good?
From: Lee
18-Mar-19
My boy yesterday - he spotted it just before I did - man was he proud! Great bucks, fellas!
Lee
From: Boone
18-Mar-19
Nice sheds everyone. I am at 41 and counting.
From: ROUGHCOUNTRY
20-Mar-19
It's all relative...…...in the extreme south and areas back east, finding a handful is success. In the Midwest, 30-50 antlers with a few big ones is stellar. Here in the west, we measure in the hundreds between deer, elk and moose sheds. My buddy in eastern Montana found over 400 mule deer sheds last spring and is over 60 this spring and just starting now because of heavy snows.
In the Midwest, I like winter browse like locust groves with bean pods and sunny openings for deer to lounge. Winter grass varieties that are sprouting in woodlots and fence rows. Also, certain types of vines? that grow in the woods attract deer as well. Obvious crops like unplowed soybeans and winter wheat are near the best and think NIGHT. Where are the animals moving around at night when they're active. These can often be low spots (moisture is collecting) and waterways in large ag fields.
From: ROUGHCOUNTRY
20-Mar-19
The right antler on this one was 102 inches...…..I spotted that side driving down a black top road going 55 mph laying out in corn stubble. The other side was 85 inches and was on a travel route going back to the timbered ridge behind the ag field.....picked the following day. circa 1995
The big ones are sore thumbs and easy to spot if they're around:)
From: Hawkeye
20-Mar-19
My youngest son's first shed today. Priceless:)
From: TrapperKayak
21-Mar-19
Finally found one, only been out a few times. I missed this buck last fall. They are as tough to find here as a tick on Cousin It. Found 4 dead deer, from coyote predation, though. One a button buck. I encountered an unafraid coyote a couple weeks ago, so I toted the Winny along in case I saw him again. Did not...
From: t-roy
21-Mar-19
Awesome pic, Hawkeye!
From: Leo17
21-Mar-19
From: Leo17
21-Mar-19
From: TrapperKayak
25-Mar-19
Three more this weekend. Best I've ever done in NY. Not done yet either.
From: TrapperKayak
25-Mar-19
From: TrapperKayak
25-Mar-19
A dink on a bright sunny day in the woods with leaves and scattered skiff of snow. You have to walk right up to these. Just luck.
From: JusPassin
25-Mar-19
Went out for a couple of hours Saturday. Nothing very large but still fun to find a few.
From: SB
26-Mar-19
Wife found one yesterday taking the garbage can to the road....snows finally melting! I looked around a few spots,but nada today. A lot of snow still out there in the woods .
From: Boone
26-Mar-19
My wife and I went out over the weekend and found a few more. We hit 60 for the year.
From: Boone
26-Mar-19
From: Boone
26-Mar-19
From: t-roy
26-Mar-19
Very nice, Boone! Lots of matching sets to boot!
I noticed that you put the biggest matched set in the front. Somebody will probably be along soon to accuse you of the equivalent of longarming it! ;-)
From: Boone
26-Mar-19
Thanks T-roy. There will always be that one person. lol
From: EmbryOklahoma
01-Apr-19
Takes a pro to find these... :)
From: Brotsky
01-Apr-19
A little fun on April fool’s day :-)
From: Boone
01-Apr-19
Them little ones are tricky Rick. I found 16 more over the weekend, up to 76!
From: SB
02-Apr-19
3-4 mi. of hiking and 3 hrs....net results,...three! Nothing notable. Still 2-4 ft. of snow in a lot of the woods . Gonna need more thaw time!
From: 5575
02-Apr-19
Good day.
Good day.
Went out Saturday for about 5 hours. Always great to see that the up and comer bucks you passed up made it through the winter!
From: t-roy
02-Apr-19
Nice drop tine, Rick!
From: TrapperKayak
02-Apr-19
Not sheds, an up and comer that didnt make it. Found this afternoon near an orchard and suburban area, along with a xbow bolt a few hundred yards away from it. Not incident-related probably. Could be I guess.
From: TrapperKayak
02-Apr-19
Not sheds, an up and comer that didnt make it. Found this afternoon near an orchard and suburban area, along with a xbow bolt a few hundred yards away from it. Not incident-related probably. Could be I guess.
From: EmbryOklahoma
03-Apr-19
Don't be jealous of my monster sheds, Troy.
From: TrapperKayak
03-Apr-19
Nice drop tine, CM! ;) I AM jealous of that one... I like the human population distribution in that country too.
From: Boone
03-Apr-19
Nice haul 5575. Rick, I love the little dropper!
From: Charlie Rehor
03-Apr-19
3.5 year old. Rhode Island
Hope I see him this fall:)
From: Nick Muche
03-Apr-19
Nice work Boone, you guys are doing very good!
From: Zbone
03-Apr-19
Man, some of you guys found some nice ones... Congrats...
Charlie - Am guessing that's from a button buck, a very lucky find... Curious if you found it? I know a deer farmer that's had captive button bucks for years and told me he has never been able to find one of their shed buttons...
From: bowhunter24
03-Apr-19
Charlie that may be a Connecticut buck extremely hard to find!
From: EmbryOklahoma
04-Apr-19
No wonder folks don't kill bucks in Connecticut, they think the 1-5 year old bucks are does.
From: TrapperKayak
04-Apr-19
zbone, I don't think it is a button buck, but a 1.5 year old actually. Button bucks don't grow antlers, they just have budding pedicles covered with skin where the antlers will grow from. :) Charlie, I thought I had the smallest one I ever saw, but this one beats it. If I can find a pic of it, I'll post it. Good eye, Man! How did you find that?
From: MQQSE
04-Apr-19
It’s a button buck. I’ve seen several like that when I lived in NY. Future Booner if he moves to Iowa.
From: TrapperKayak
04-Apr-19
MQQSE, are these two button bucks then?
From: t-roy
04-Apr-19
Those look like they’ve been cut off the skull to me. I don’t see any pedicles on them. I could be wrong, though.
From: TrapperKayak
04-Apr-19
They are cut off the skull, but I always figured they were yearlings, not button bucks. The deer were too big to be BBs. The little shed posted also looks like a yearling to me, but I could be wrong...its been known to happen. ;)
From: Zbone
05-Apr-19
TrapperKayak - Button bucks shed their buttons, ask a deer farmer... Have seen button bucks 6 - 8 months old with protruding bone through their skin atop their pedicle...
From: Irishman
05-Apr-19
Not mine, I don't shed hunt. This is from a friend of mine.
From: TrapperKayak
05-Apr-19
Irishman, I sure miss doing that! Is that your buddy's haul from this year? Seems a bit early for that many. Wow!
From: TrapperKayak
05-Apr-19
Zbone, I believe ya, just never saw any of 'our' button bucks with real bone yet, just bumps under the skin.
From: Alexis Desjardins
05-Apr-19
Holy Man U guys done well on the finds, I have put in some miles looking just found a dead four pointer.
From: Bowfinatic
05-Apr-19
Buck we were pretty sure was dead just hoping to find
From: Inshart
05-Apr-19
Yup, looks dead to me. LOL
From: 1boonr
05-Apr-19
I looked all over but couldn’t find the match
From: 1boonr
05-Apr-19
I looked all over but couldn’t find the match
From: TrapperKayak
06-Apr-19
You Illinois guys must be overrun with deer and not many squirrels either by the looks of the quality of those sheds. You 'boone' guys are cleaning house. Those all from this year? Sheesh...
From: BullBuster
06-Apr-19
Found my 7th shed. All left. 1:128 chance statistically. Now why can’t I draw a sheep tag???
From: lewis
08-Apr-19
Our place in Tennessee found while doing prescribed burn Lewis
From: lewis
08-Apr-19
They match
From: lewis
08-Apr-19
Well these do sorry about that
From: 12yards
08-Apr-19
Charlie Rehor that little shed is an awesome find!
From: Boone
12-Apr-19
Well, I broke my personal best record last night after finding 5 more sheds, so I am at 83 sheds for the year, so far!
From: SJJ
12-Apr-19
From: TJF
21-Apr-19
Saturday was a darn good day.
From: TJF
21-Apr-19
Found this Friday evening. Wished I would have found him when he was still a live and bow in hand. 164"
From: t-roy
22-Apr-19
TJF.......Those dead heads are always kind of a bummer to find for sure!
From: TJF
22-Apr-19
t-roy that is for sure. The next day I found another pretty good one that was really bleached out on some state land. Found a big ant hill and planted it on top. Should get a few hunters when they come over the knoll and look down !!
From: TrapperKayak
29-Apr-19
Trapper found the match to my target buck yesterday in a 45 minute hike. That was my goal this year, to find both of those.
From: TrapperKayak
29-Apr-19
The first one 5 weeks ago.
From: TrapperKayak
29-Apr-19
Its bigger than the pic makes it look. Pretty good one for my immediate area (out behind the house). The set. Meager as it is, this is my best shed season in NY locally.
From: Carcajou
29-Apr-19
He is still on his feet, He will await your prowess this coming season. Good luck.
From: cnelk
29-Apr-19
I found this. I really hope he gets bigger this year.
From: ELK ELSEWHERE
29-Apr-19
I found one while bush hogging corn stalks, should have been looking closer
From: t-roy
29-Apr-19
At least you didn’t find it with the tractor tire, EE!
From: ROUGHCOUNTRY
29-Apr-19
My son found the match flyer side this weekend from a mule deer single I picked up last fall elk hunting. Amazingly, they were in good shape and excellent color even laying out six months and one year on the sides.
From: Elite 1
29-Apr-19
My son had a good day of shed hunting.
From: Lee
29-Apr-19
That’s a big mulie!
From: TrapperKayak
30-Apr-19
Nice mulie set roughcountry. Its always a bonus finding the second side weeks or even months later. Know the feeling. Here is what I'll be focusing on all year, and after him this fall. He and I have a brief one-season 'history' now. Hoping to continue the relationship.
From: Craig
30-Apr-19
Found this nice 4 while I was baiting bears.
