 If you have never shed hunted before take these next few tips into consideration. First off find out where the deer are. As simple as it sounds, deer patterns change due to available cover and food resources. Corn fields that are cut but not tilled under can be a gold mine for sheds. The more time deer spend in one area the more likely they will drop their antlers there. Next follow major deer "highways" to and from food sources back to their bedding areas. Due to cold winter temperatures deer bed down as much as possible to conserve carbohydrates and fat layers. If you find a good bedding area, theres a good chance a buck has dropped a set in close proximity if not in the bed itself. We start our shed hunting based on what we see from scouting cameras and just driving around looking for bruisers on their feet. Night hours are a great time to catch bucks moving into food sources. Once you have seen a few bucks with a side or both antlers missing, GET OUT THERE! Critters will start chewing them up for nutrients. Not to mention if you wait to long, the snow melts and makes trails a bit harder to find.  Cole Fabro - Defined Outdoors |
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Start hunting next years Bucks NOW!posted Feb 1, 2010 12:35 PM by Cole Fabro [ updated Feb 17, 2010 9:42 AM by Michael Freeman ] |