shed antlers

[foxtrapper]

I found my first ones today! Also found an old buck skull with chewed off tips. Found in same area, bottomland full of deer trails way back from roads and houses, private land. I've been walking around different places like the dickens the last week looking for antlers. Turns out some bucks still haven't dropped their racks yet- one is still making rubs. 2 others were seen last monday.

 

[CrabbyMcNab]

Nice sheds, just remember the MD DNR laws regarding sheds.

 

[hailtoby]

Nice sheds, just remember the MD DNR laws regarding sheds.

What laws?

 

[WeaponsCollector]

Nice sheds, just remember the MD DNR laws regarding sheds.

Don't tell me there's EVEN MORE useless and stupid Maryland laws we have to worry about! My brain is going to explode.

 

[engineerbrian]

Turns out some bucks still haven't dropped their racks yet

I was driving home from work last week and saw a nice 6 point. i had to do a double take, i thought they dropped them a while ago.

 

[foxtrapper]

What laws? On selling them? I've asked DNR officers assigned to my area before about possession of found skulls and sheds, they said ok, just to put a tag on them or write on the underside when/where found, and cannot sell the deer skulls. Sheds, I think you can sell as long as you can see the base which proves they are sheds, or maybe they have to be made into something. However I have no intention to sell any I find, they are special to me like if I shot a large buck during deer season.

I've found the antlered skulls before when trapping water. Probably bad arrow hits. The deer go to water to die. I find them on the upper banks or the banks right next to the water, or near a swamp hole seep. So since I kept finding these I asked about possession. In PA though, you cannot pick up deer skulls. In PA you can pick up and keep sheds all you want.

 

[E.Shell]

Foxtrapper, know how to make a shed trap?

 

[foxtrapper]

E shell, I know about those feeder set ups designed to catch a loose antler and make it come off, but in order for such to work, one has to have deer already coming to the feeder, including the bucks. No feeders where I'm at.

Well I was out again today, same area, but different section. Found 3 old sheds and another skull. This is really fun! I found the buck factory!

 

[JnstemIII]

Nice find.

 

[Weber]

Very nice!

 

[Crab Bait]

Earlier this year?

My about to be 5 year old was thrilled to find this at our shed trap today...


and yes, I realize it's a bit of a zombie thread.

 

[MeatGrinder]

Now that it has come to life again.......

How did you make your "shed trap" and do you like it?

 

[chooks9]

When I was a kid, my dog used to find sheds in the woods and play/chew on them. I wish she was around to find them now...

 

[wilcam47]

If you guys want to get rid of the non-sun weathered sheds...I'll take them. or if they are sentimental I can cut them up and turn them on my lathe into writing pens. like this...

 

[Crab Bait]

Shed Trap

Now that it has come to life again.......

How did you make your "shed trap" and do you like it?

You can see the trap behind my son.

Drain pipe with a piece cut out so the corn will come out. I used four stakes and tied the pipe to two and stretched the fencing around it and out to the other two.

Basically, it's a V with the corn in it so the deer may catch their antlers in the fencing. Last year I was late getting it set up and didn't get anything. This year I started earlier and since the fencing was pretty tight, I opened it up some by cutting pieces out of it - you can see the larger opening over his shoulder with the old ice chest in the background (where I keep the corn).

 

[BlackBart]

What laws?

One must plant them to grow a new deer.

 

[MeatGrinder]

That is a neat idea. It looks simple. Is that chain link or a plastic fence?

 

[RMM69]

I want to train my dog to go out and bring them to me.

 

[plumberone]

Nice thread Foxtrapper

And Crabbait i bet your son will remember that shed find forever

 

[Crab Bait]

That is a neat idea. It looks simple. Is that chain link or a plastic fence?

I used some plastic stuff I had leftover from making live boxes years ago - heavier duty than say garden fencing. You could use steel http://www.mdshooters.com/showpost.php?p=2231622&postcount=8

And Crabbait i bet your son will remember that shed find forever