Where do you find the most shed antlers???

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Where do you find the most shed antlers???

Corn or other crop fields
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14%
In the woods
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14%
Near or in bedding areas
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25%
along heavy trails
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15%
In Muddys garage
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12%
A combination of all of the above.
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20%
 
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Re: Where do you find the most shed antlers???

Unread postby PLB » Wed Mar 30, 2011 5:51 am

I like looking for thick, brushy areas in the woods where there is evidence of deer browsing over the winter. A lot of times this thick cover helps in the shedding process.


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Re: Where do you find the most shed antlers???

Unread postby BackWoodsHunter » Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:37 am

I've usually just stumbled across them in the woods I have yet to find a pattern. The ones I found in the northwoods were areas that could be considered wintering areas I guess in a stand of jack pines that provide cover and protection from wind for a lot of deer. I found one just last week on a 73acre piece of land I got permission to hunt I scouted every inch of the place looking for sign and what not and only found one small shed. Basically I'm no good at shed hunting!
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Re: Where do you find the most shed antlers???

Unread postby huntinfool14 » Wed Mar 30, 2011 1:37 pm

SOUTH SIDES!!! edges of fields, grassy waterways/areas, right inside the bucks bed...pine trees are huge also!
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Re: Where do you find the most shed antlers???

Unread postby muddy » Wed Mar 30, 2011 1:57 pm

I have found 99.9% of my sheds on the ground.

And I don't treat my sheds with the indignity of the garage, they're in the heated utility room downstairs!
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Re: Where do you find the most shed antlers???

Unread postby hunt n nut » Thu Mar 31, 2011 9:40 am

I was gonna say maybe I should look in Muddy's garage, but if he doesn't keep them there than I....on second though I might as well look there the way my luck has gone this year can't be any worse :? When I do find 'em combination woods and field (food source) In the woods its usually bedding close to food sources. Advise for newbies is walk, walk, walk and when you get tired and sick of looking walk some more ;)
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Re: Where do you find the most shed antlers???

Unread postby hunt n nut » Thu Mar 31, 2011 9:41 am

muddy wrote:I have found 99.9% of my sheds on the ground


:lol: Oh yeah, I was gonna say the same thing, but its 100% for me :lol:
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Re: Where do you find the most shed antlers???

Unread postby Casper » Fri Apr 01, 2011 7:04 am

hunt n nut wrote:
muddy wrote:I have found 99.9% of my sheds on the ground


:lol: Oh yeah, I was gonna say the same thing, but its 100% for me :lol:

One of my best friends found a nice 4 point side hanging 3 feet in a tree yesterday
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Re: Where do you find the most shed antlers???

Unread postby hunt n nut » Fri Apr 01, 2011 10:42 am

Casper wrote:One of my best friends found a nice 4 point side hanging 3 feet in a tree yesterday


Oh yeah, a hanger...maybe thats my problem this year, maybe I shouldn't be lookin' so hard on the ground
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Re: Where do you find the most shed antlers???

Unread postby mossyoak » Fri Apr 01, 2011 4:17 pm

I have never found a shed but I just found a great spot to start looking just not sure how to start. It is a wintering area and there is not really a set food source other than some cedars, I was thinking I would start by following the best trails and then hit the bedding. The woods surrounding the swamp are just loaded with deer sign, me and the girlfriend were out there yesturday and seen 8 deer in one spot feeding in the hard woods. so I will probably just walk the edge of the swamp after checking the bedding area and continue to do this until I cover the whole property.
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Re: Where do you find the most shed antlers???

Unread postby Stanley » Wed Aug 17, 2011 5:17 pm

The best place to look for sheds is where the deer were yarded up through the winter. It is very easy to see where to start looking, follow the food source back to where the deer were bedding and you'll find antlers. Lots of tracks and lots of deer crap will be present in the areas to look. If you are looking in your favorite hunting spots and don't see a lot of deer sign you'll not find a lot of sheds. You must cover the most ground you can and cover it good. lots of looking is what it takes.
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Re: Where do you find the most shed antlers???

Unread postby Stanley » Thu Aug 18, 2011 11:32 am

An addition to my previous post. This would be what you are looking for prior to looking for sheds. Areas like this will produce drops you just have to look for them and look hard.


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Re: Where do you find the most shed antlers???

Unread postby Beason » Thu Aug 18, 2011 1:49 pm

yelp, looks like an iowa crop field


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