Saw a shedded buck

[Schultzy]

On yesterday evenings hunt I saw a shedded buck that I could've shot. He was chasing doe's. Had him at 15 yards a few times. Looked to be a 160 to 170 pound deer. Definitely a 3 year old or older. I wonder who this buck Is? Anyhow this Is the 2nd earliest I've saw a buck that's shed. A few years ago I saw one that was shedded at the end of November.

What's the earliest you all have saw a shedded buck?

[Dewey]

Earliest I have seen is the 3rd week of December and saw a few more right around Christmas so yeah this is really early. Must have been run down pretty bad from the rut.

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[Darin]

Run down but very healthy.

[dan]

I have seen shed bucks get shot during our gun season which is Thanksgiving week in November on multiple occasions.

[Edcyclopedia]

Their all Doe's to me...
What's a buck?

[dan]

Some bucks being shed right now is a good reason why we should be careful about shooting late season does. I remember Dave telling me he shot a big doe gun season a few years ago and me asking if he was sure it was not a buck cause we had a lot of early shedders due to an ice storm. Sure enough when we got to it, it was one of our bucks with no antlers.

[rack addict]

Nothing worst than thinking you shot a big doe and realize it has a set of nuts. I shot one a few years ago but he actually broke both antlers off about 2 inches up. We believe he was a 3 yr old so I was pretty disappointed.

[Hodag Hunter]

Dec. 6th earliest caught by trail camera. He was a nice 110 10 pointer.

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[vanceg]

I shot this buck last muzzle loader season on the 17th of december. For 2 days before I shot him every mature buck I saw had either one side gone or both sides gone. This was the last decent buck I saw with both sides. I shot him and he had both sides when he went over the hill. When I found him he had nothing. Took some time back tracking his trail but I finally found both sides. Where I hunt in Northern Michigan a lot of the older bucks have started dropping. It happens every year at the same time here.

[camocat]

Talked to a guy last night that found a shed already.He said he had buck on cam at 4:30 then at 6:15 his one side was shed off this was on Dec 7th.Waupaca county Wi.

[Schultzy]

I shot this buck last muzzle loader season on the 17th of december. For 2 days before I shot him every mature buck I saw had either one side gone or both sides gone. This was the last decent buck I saw with both sides. [glow=red]I shot him and he had both sides when he went over the hill. When I found him he had nothing.[/glow] Took some time back tracking his trail but I finally found both sides. Where I hunt in Northern Michigan a lot of the older bucks have started dropping. It happens every year at the same time here.

That's crazy. Wow!!

[Stanley]

A friend of mine claims a hard cold snap early and then staying colder causes them to drop earlier. I have seen some of the drops he has picked up with chunks of skull attached to the drop. I wouldn't pay much attention to his theory except he is an antler enthusiast to the max. He would rather find antlers than hunt deer. I do think a hard cold snap will cause antlers to break more easily.

[Bucky]

I have plenty of pics by Xmas of bucks shed

Stanley... I don't know why it is but I have found the same thing. After a big snow storm or hard cold snap I have found alot of sheds in the next 48-72hrs

[BigHills BuckHunter]

I think I saw a sheded buck a few weeks back while shining. Looked like an older buck.

Im getting the itch to start looking....going to wait tho.

[BigHills BuckHunter]

I shot this buck last muzzle loader season on the 17th of december. For 2 days before I shot him every mature buck I saw had either one side gone or both sides gone. This was the last decent buck I saw with both sides. I shot him and he had both sides when he went over the hill. When I found him he had nothing. Took some time back tracking his trail but I finally found both sides. Where I hunt in Northern Michigan a lot of the older bucks have started dropping. It happens every year at the same time here.

CRAZY! Same thing happened to a friend my dad works with. He muzzleloader hunted behind the big barn they work at and shot a buck with both sides. By the time he got to him one had fallen off and the other fell off when he was dragging the buck. This was early December.