Shed Horn Hunting 2023 Gettim Early!

[Doco Overboard]

Stags are dropping them like rocks.
Good days haul here!
And ya'all dont forget to check in your dead heads!

 

[outrider58]

My knees are finally not killing me this year. I'm eager to hit the fields.

 

[BUFF7MM]

My daughter found these somewhere around Centreville last week.

 

[mpollan1]

Stags are dropping them like rocks.
Good days haul here!
And ya'all dont forget to check in your dead heads!

Good lord, the pic of your dag looking up at the sheds looks like you are harboring aliens or worse...

 

[Doco Overboard]

Good lord, the pic of your dag looking up at the sheds looks like you are harboring aliens or worse...

Shes from planet Newt.
Shes all nuts trying to determine threat level of those bones and how many need chewed at the same time.

 

[44 Bulldog]

Walked for like 4 hrs last week and found nothin, trail cam pick this past Wed showed a 6 point still sporting his

 

[CaptainAwesome]

Still wearing his crown in late February.......

 

[outrider58]

I think I' going to head out tomorrow. It's a bit early, but I need woods time.

 

[Inigoes]

how many need chewed at the same time.

Mine does the same.

Every time we walk past the shed, she counts the antlers to make sure the squirrels didn't take any.

 

[outrider58]

Walked for like 4 hrs last week and found nothin, trail cam pick this past Wed showed a 6 point still sporting his

I normally don't expect to find anything until the first two wees of April. That's when the majority will have been cast.

 

[CaptainAwesome]

Not a shed, rather a great rabbit hunt. I was informed this was in Hocking Co Ohio.

 

[outrider58]

Not a shed, rather a great rabbit hunt. I was informed this was in Hocking Co Ohio.

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I wonder if he fell prey to EHD...

 

[Doco Overboard]

Second from right is a 4 point.
More and more of those showing up.
Pair on the left is a matching set I think.

 

[CaptainAwesome]

I wonder if he fell prey to EHD...

Or a gut shot.....or a car hit, or.....old age.

Memorable find for that rabbit hunter.

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[Doco Overboard]

Nice left hook and a fossilized shell.
When you see a rock on the ground around here, they're worth checking out.
Lots of times they could be arrowheads even.

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

For a novice, HOW do you guys find these?

I have enough trouble finding the antlers when they are attached to the LIVE BUCK, let alone find em when the same bucks shed em.

PS. I must suck.

 

[Doco Overboard]

For a novice, HOW do you guys find these?

I have enough trouble finding the antlers when they are attached to the LIVE BUCK, let alone find em when the same bucks shed em.

PS. I must suck.

No you dont. Its like shooting a recurve bow bow or hitting a golf ball or keeping shot gun moving through a flying target.
Once you spot a few it'll come to you.
Slow way way down. Way, way down when your moving about.
Its about understanding your environment and personal space in the universe and understanding how natures clock is not part of your internal clock mechanism for how we begin to appreciate what bounty should be freely provided to us.
+ A good set of go a-heads on your feet and good places to hunt for them are a bonus. Not to mention some decent binos.
If you go with a partner, let them spot them first. Or have a throw down to build confidence, see/ provide a smile to someone else's face.
I believe the things we seek are all around us. We just need to understand how to look for them and humble ourselves when the opportunity arises. Take our blinders off.

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

My good live deer hunting spots of course are always tricky.

Nocturnal deer, plus some pressure of nearby hunters on neighboring properties on either side of the woods I hunt during the season.
This is not saying I haven't seen bucks in daytime, but knowing they are in there and having any clue how to find the shed antlers is another ball of wax for me.

Let's say I know of at least 3-5 bucks I either saw personally, or saw on my game cam, where do I go from there at shed time? These deer are in 3-4 different zones within my one hunting property and they are totally separate plots. One is a island of woods, One a long but L shaped bean/corn field with woods to the short L end and a long brushy ditch on the long L side of the field, the woods at the bottom of that field is where I have seen the largest buck. The other is a separate field at one end of those same woods. Do I look on areas I think they will bed, or do I look along what I see as trails they travel, or where I see rubs and scrapes? How do I know the most likely shed places to aim for?

 

[Doco Overboard]

My good live deer hunting spots of course are always tricky.

Nocturnal deer, plus some pressure of nearby hunters on neighboring properties on either side of the woods I hunt during the season.
This is not saying I haven't seen bucks in daytime, but knowing they are in there and having any clue how to find the shed antlers is another ball of wax for me.

Let's say I know of at least 3-5 bucks I either saw personally, or saw on my game cam, where do I go from there at shed time? These deer are in 3-4 different zones within my one hunting property and they are totally separate plots. One is a island of woods, One a long but L shaped bean/corn field with woods to the short L end and a long brushy ditch on the long L side of the field, the woods at the bottom of that field is where I have seen the largest buck. The other is a separate field at one end of those same woods. Do I look on areas I think they will bed, or do I look along what I see as trails they travel, or where I see rubs and scrapes? How do I know the most likely shed places to aim for?

If you know where they're bedding, go in there and jump them up so they throw one off when they flee.

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

If you know where they're bedding, go in there and jump them up so they throw one off when they flee.

Because they are ready to fall off easily at this time of year?