Any Successful Shed Hunting?

[WHBD]

Didn't see a thread for this for this year.

I’ve been spending as much time as I can after work and on weekends. Both my dog and I have lost our fair share of flesh to briars. Some decent finds.

@Doco Overboard i know you’ve mentioned and posted quite a few over the years.

 

[WHBD]

And a nice deadhead from ML season.

 

[Doco Overboard]

I didn't go this year but my boys picked a literal pile of them.
Some nice WT and tons of Sika.
I think last week one of them picked up about 12 or more between one or two farms' and three more sika in a field that was already walked down by his house.
I did not ask if any were matching from this year.
I didn't think anyone was interested and I haven't been, so I didn't put any up.

 

[Coehorn]

I see knife handles and powder measures in your futures.

 

[G8tor]

Didn't see a thread for this for this year.

I’ve been spending as much time as I can after work and on weekends. Both my dog and I have lost our fair share of flesh to briars. Some decent finds.

@Doco Overboard i know you’ve mentioned and posted quite a few over the years.

Nice haul. Do you find them mostly in bedding areas? If so, what's the best indicator of a bedding area?

 

[WHBD]

I didn't go this year but my boys picked a literal pile of them.
Some nice WT and tons of Sika.
I think last week one of them picked up about 12 or more between one or two farms' and three more sika in a field that was already walked down by his house.
I did not ask if any were matching from this year.
I didn't think anyone was interested and I haven't been, so I didn't put any up.

Wow. That's an impressive amount! Sika are going to be my #1 target this next season. I put 9 days into them this last year on public and learned a lot, but couldn't connect. Scouted several new pieces of public as well.

Not interested just because you have been doing it for so long? Or you didn't think anyone on here was interested?

 

[WHBD]

I see knife handles and powder measures in your futures.

Possible on some handles...powder measures? The small ones are treats for the dog; she found about half of them which was a pleasant surprise.

 

[WHBD]

Nice haul. Do you find them mostly in bedding areas? If so, what's the best indicator of a bedding area?

Most were on trails in and out of bedding cover. Some in the phrag. I haven't found a pattern strong enough to not just do grid searches, more or less. Bedding areas are typically the thickest, nastiest, thorniest crap that you do NOT want to go through. I'd say 1/5 of my time has been on hands and knees. Here's an example of how thorough I've been in the attached pic

 

[Coehorn]

Possible on some handles...powder measures? The small ones are treats for the dog; she found about half of them which was a pleasant surprise.

Drill out the tines for black powder amounts for front stuffers. 40, 50, 60, 70, grains of powder etc. People love horn powder measures.

 

[WHBD]

Drill out the tines for black powder amounts for front stuffers. 40, 50, 60, 70, grains of powder etc. People love horn powder measures.

That's a solid idea. Going to research that one. Appreciate it!

 

[Doco Overboard]

Wow. That's an impressive amount! Sika are going to be my #1 target this next season. I put 9 days into them this last year on public and learned a lot, but couldn't connect. Scouted several new pieces of public as well.

Not interested just because you have been doing it for so long? Or you didn't think anyone on here was interested?

Both more or less.
+ I can’t walk/ get around I used to be able to.

 

[WHBD]

Both more or less.
+ I can’t walk/ get around I used to be able to.

Sad to hear that. I know that if my knees and back hurt as much as they do now at 38, my outdoors activities are going to be a lot less pleasant in 10, 20, 30 years.

If you ever have time, I'd love to see your piles. PM is fine.

 

[outrider58]

Nice haul. Do you find them mostly in bedding areas? If so, what's the best indicator of a bedding area?

Where I am in MoCo, I've had better luck searching green fields(winter wheat, etc) using binoculars. The binos save a lot of walking. I'd say 80-90% of my antlers have been found in feeding areas. Logs across trails and creek/ditch crossings are good too.

 

[Coehorn]

That's impressive too.

 

[Doco Overboard]

Old bleached out pile. These are the ones tossed by the woods from a year or two ago maybe.

 

[outrider58]

Old bleached out pile. These are the ones tossed by the woods from a year or two ago maybe.

I'm betting you have a bunch of happy squirrels out your way...

 

[Doco Overboard]

I'm betting you have a bunch of happy squirrels out your way...

With nice brite Squirrel teeth.
It always seems, a few are missing one of the two front ones though.
It's just how things are around here.

 

[outrider58]

With nice brite Squirrel teeth.
It always seems, a few are missing one of the two front ones though.
It's just how things are around here.

 

[Doco Overboard]

Bucktown Bobby and the Nutria's

 

[WHBD]

Where I am in MoCo, I've had better luck searching green fields(winter wheat, etc) using binoculars. The binos save a lot of walking. I'd say 80-90% of my antlers have been found in feeding areas. Logs across trails and creek/ditch crossings are good too.

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Damn impressive. Not a lot of fields most places I have access to unfortunately.