I watched your video before I went out looking for sheds, and after about 2 hours I found my first shed. And then I found the matching shed less than 10 yards away. Thanks for all the tips, they really helped!
My 3 year old cousin was with my uncle and she accidentally found half of a 150 inch deer. They walked about 250 more yards and she found the matching antler.
I absolutely suck at this. Every late winter/spring I think to myself "I'll go walk the deer trails near me and look for sheds" and each year I find absolutely nothing lol.
In Idaho, a deer or elk won't always winter in the same area. So some spring shed years will be very different. Ive had years I put on 100 miles to find 1 shed. Other years in those same exact areas, like this last spring, I found over 20 sheds throughout the season. Frustrating on the bad years, but getting out is best definitely on cloudy days and binos is a must. Great video.
Binoculars are definitely a MUST lol. Didn't have mine one day an fell in the river like mid February tryin to walk across some logs because i thought i seen one on the other side. Ended up being a stick an by the time i made it back to the truck i was seeing purple. Could have been a very bad scenario if i would have been farther out.
Look next to fences. Bucks will jump over and their sheds will fall off when they land. Look for rubs on trees too, the bucks want to get rid of the antlers and you can see rub on trees so search around there. Take it slow, I once stepped right on top of a shed because I didn’t look
I am one thing to correct this guy in the blue shirt about snow. He said to wait until the snow melts oh that makes it so hard to find if you ask me because they’re the same color as the ground not only that but the squirrels in the mice get to it and start chewing on them. It is February 24 today and in yesterday and the day before I found a total of six sheds in the snow just staying on the trail. we had about two Feet of snow just bring a Walkingstick make sure you stay on the trail and I found most of them in the pines Lebanon eating on a lot of Pineneedles this year during the winter. My point is find a good deer Trail in the snow and stay on it and some wander off in different directions bring helpers with
Fellow Pennsylvanian here.❤ Thanks for the video. Love the Shed Hunting tips! I'm subscribed! This will be my first year actually actively hunting for sheds. I live in Waynesboro, near the Mason/Dixon line in Franklin Co. Where are you in PA? Keep up the great work. Also Penguins or Flyers?😀
I live in whiting NJ live in a privet 55 older community, My back yard is a bedding area for 8 to 12 deer, I have been watching 3 nice bucks and want one of their sheds, so should I be able to find the sheds in my yard? This morning I saw the herd one buck with out sheds rr so I guess this is the time to start looking
It's simple have good land that holds bucks and lots of food. Very difficult to find antlers without these things no matter where or how much area you cover.
To clean it: I’ve found that using both a toothbrush and toothpick help in removing bark and dirt from antlers. To preserve it: You don’t really need to do anything. Assuming you will keep your antler indoors, away from fungi and rodents, it will pretty much last forever, and will not decompose any further.
I live in Ohio and the land I hunt is private on the land I hunt to the right and left of the property right beside each other is two sets of rr tracks it's also surrounded buy cornfields but it's all been cut and I don't have permission to hunt that the property that I hunt i don't think has a ton of food source but has tons of giant rubs and scrapes and heavy trails the deer bed along the track I found one old small 4 and a huge fresh 4 point side I guess what I'm asking is should I just stay to the trails or just look everywhere any advice on how I should approach hunting sheds on the property thanks
Ill tell everyone the best kept secret to shed hunting. All you need is about 2000 acres of property that no one else is aloud to hunt or trespass on. Youll find them anywhere and everwhere. I'm yet to find a guy w a truck bed full on public ground.
I find a lot of sheds while snowmobiling in late December and January. Deer and moose travel the snowmobile trails, mostly at night, and drop antlers right on the trail. The only trick to finding them is to get out early in the morning. If I find one I'll follow his tracks and often find the other one.
I actedently found a two point whitetail antler on a walk on my 40 acres. Then I went out 3 months later and a I found nothing. Edit: I also found the antler in November does this mean that it was from the year before?
Shed hunting isn't necessary with the advent of trail cams, so don't feel bad if you aren't successful at it. The intell from trail cams regarding mature buck feeding and bedding patterns during the October and November hunting seasons is much more valuable than the intell you get from finding sheds outside of the hunting seasons.
@@gheft762 Interesting. In that case I'd probably just look for sheds while walking to my late season bowhunting stands, but wouldn't shed hunt during the bowhunting season, just to shed hunt. The mature bucks on my place wouldn't put up with that for very long and I don't like pushing bucks to the neighbors, hunting season or not.
Used to find a lot of shed but because of RUclips and social media shed hunting is ruined boot tracks everywhere trespassing everywhere hardly any sheds to find anymore used to be 50-100’sheds a year now barly find 15 it’s a joke
Thanks for the advice. Never thought I'd want to see a rainy day on my day off but seems to be the best time to hunt sheds.
I watched your video before I went out looking for sheds, and after about 2 hours I found my first shed. And then I found the matching shed less than 10 yards away. Thanks for all the tips, they really helped!
Dylan Timmons awesome!!!
I found my first shed 2 hours ago
Congrats man!!!
@@go4ll812 thx hope you find one to!
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Great job Freddie🤙 11 months ago you found your first shed..deer are dropping again. Time to get back out there and find more!!
Awesome video. Cute kid. Congratulations on new baby. Jersey here!
My 3 year old cousin was with my uncle and she accidentally found half of a 150 inch deer. They walked about 250 more yards and she found the matching antler.
Awesome to hear. Now she’s hooked for life on shed hunting...
I need to take her with me .Because I sure can’t find one on my own😂
I absolutely suck at this. Every late winter/spring I think to myself "I'll go walk the deer trails near me and look for sheds" and each year I find absolutely nothing lol.
same
Me too
I know this is an old comment...but check the edges of fields. Just inside the cover or literally right on the edge
I find sheds almost every time i go out but rarely on the trails. I did find one on a trail today but it was dumb luck.
PJ Schenk I find them on the edge of fields and in thick woods and I found one yesterday behind my stand
Ain’t waiting till April here to many damn squirrels lol
Great video, thanks. Starting shed hunting at beginning of March. Most are shed by first or second week of March in my area.
Don't go too late. Squirrels will get em. Good opportunity to take Rover too. He just might pick up on it. Huge help! Emma is beautiful! Congrats.
Congratulations! She'll be ready to go before you know it. Thanks for posting.
bad weather today but I need to find other side .will be my best set yet.7pt.side .my biggest so far was a12pt..that I sold to a friend in 2004 .
In Idaho, a deer or elk won't always winter in the same area. So some spring shed years will be very different. Ive had years I put on 100 miles to find 1 shed. Other years in those same exact areas, like this last spring, I found over 20 sheds throughout the season. Frustrating on the bad years, but getting out is best definitely on cloudy days and binos is a must. Great video.
Totally forgot sheds were a thing until I was morel hunting and found a little 4 pointer!
Nice video! Thanks and Happy Hunting
Not to mention with the snow we also found certain areas with blood on the trails so we stuck with it and amen we found some sheds
great video & the little one is super cute!
Binoculars are definitely a MUST lol. Didn't have mine one day an fell in the river like mid February tryin to walk across some logs because i thought i seen one on the other side. Ended up being a stick an by the time i made it back to the truck i was seeing purple. Could have been a very bad scenario if i would have been farther out.
Earliest I've found one was jan 12 , 2018 my rear yard matched pair few feet away 11point . Western NYS
Alright I’m in my car watching this before I go shed hunting for the first time this better work lol
Lol did you find anything
Going right now, going to hope I find my first one. I found my first deer skull sunday
Look next to fences. Bucks will jump over and their sheds will fall off when they land. Look for rubs on trees too, the bucks want to get rid of the antlers and you can see rub on trees so search around there. Take it slow, I once stepped right on top of a shed because I didn’t look
used a couple of your tip s
found a big non typical
going back to look for other side.found 8 all together.a matching 9pt.last week
Steven Woodward awesome. Congrats
Great advice. Aww cute new baby. Future shed hunter. New here. I follow a lot of she’d hunters.
I am one thing to correct this guy in the blue shirt about snow. He said to wait until the snow melts oh that makes it so hard to find if you ask me because they’re the same color as the ground not only that but the squirrels in the mice get to it and start chewing on them. It is February 24 today and in yesterday and the day before I found a total of six sheds in the snow just staying on the trail. we had about two Feet of snow just bring a Walkingstick make sure you stay on the trail and I found most of them in the pines Lebanon eating on a lot of Pineneedles this year during the winter. My point is find a good deer Trail in the snow and stay on it and some wander off in different directions bring helpers with
Fellow Pennsylvanian here.❤ Thanks for the video. Love the Shed Hunting tips! I'm subscribed! This will be my first year actually actively hunting for sheds. I live in Waynesboro, near the Mason/Dixon line in Franklin Co. Where are you in PA? Keep up the great work. Also Penguins or Flyers?😀
When the sheds are fresh their boild in a 1/2 a 50 barrel that holds the true colors in them plus it make them solid for creation's
Thank you for all you help
awesome stuff guys, always good to hear these tips before going to hit it hard!
I went Shed hunting when I was teen and My Parents were pissed when they seen the holes from the 12 gauge. Damn good thing I didn't go garage hunting.
That was dumb
@@jonjones2013 Its dumb to even hunt for them !
I live in whiting NJ live in a privet 55 older community, My back yard is a bedding area for 8 to 12 deer, I have been watching 3 nice bucks and want one of their sheds, so should I be able to find the sheds in my yard? This morning I saw the herd one buck with out sheds rr so I guess this is the time to start looking
It's simple have good land that holds bucks and lots of food. Very difficult to find antlers without these things no matter where or how much area you cover.
Great video and congratulations on the little cutie! Good hunting!
Great advice! Thanks so much
Thanks for the tips.
I went looking for sheds with my munchkin yesterday!
Do you check picked corn fields? Hate looking their.Found#5 yesterday .Some are still holding here. Saw a nice 8 yesterday.
Have you tried polarized glasses? Do you think those would increase your chances of finding sheds?
Congrats Dad !! great info
I've had some luck finding sheds at stream crossings. Although they have all been small so far
Ok
Your daughter is a cutie ,I know this is 2 years after this video lol, but Congratulations!
While on a hike I came across a almost fresh Elk shed it was still brown and had fur on it
Found an antler in my backyard, what do I do to "clean/perserve " it? Can't seem to find any info, on what to do, right after finding one. THANKS!
To clean it: I’ve found that using both a toothbrush and toothpick help in removing bark and dirt from antlers.
To preserve it: You don’t really need to do anything. Assuming you will keep your antler indoors, away from fungi and rodents, it will pretty much last forever, and will not decompose any further.
@@breadhead5028 thank you!!
I live in Ohio and the land I hunt is private on the land I hunt to the right and left of the property right beside each other is two sets of rr tracks it's also surrounded buy cornfields but it's all been cut and I don't have permission to hunt that the property that I hunt i don't think has a ton of food source but has tons of giant rubs and scrapes and heavy trails the deer bed along the track I found one old small 4 and a huge fresh 4 point side I guess what I'm asking is should I just stay to the trails or just look everywhere any advice on how I should approach hunting sheds on the property thanks
Punctuation!
Congratulations, beautiful baby!
I have walked 23 miles and just found a small ate up one. But first day out I walked about three miles and found a half an 8 freshie. Lots of walking
thankyou....cant sit still.looked for three hours after I found that one.
Great vibe.
Great information thanks for sharing
Ill tell everyone the best kept secret to shed hunting. All you need is about 2000 acres of property that no one else is aloud to hunt or trespass on. Youll find them anywhere and everwhere. I'm yet to find a guy w a truck bed full on public ground.
I find a lot of sheds while snowmobiling in late December and January. Deer and moose travel the snowmobile trails, mostly at night, and drop antlers right on the trail. The only trick to finding them is to get out early in the morning. If I find one I'll follow his tracks and often find the other one.
Went first time yesterday
please someone tell me what to do with the shed if i find some
I hang mine on the top of my gun cabinet, also they help with keeping track of bucks and genetics in future years
I actedently found a two point whitetail antler on a walk on my 40 acres. Then I went out 3 months later and a I found nothing.
Edit: I also found the antler in November does this mean that it was from the year before?
Nature Master yup, unless it was snapped off in a fight, then it was dropped in a previous year.
Our bigger older bucks drop late here
Shed hunting isn't necessary with the advent of trail cams, so don't feel bad if you aren't successful at it. The intell from trail cams regarding mature buck feeding and bedding patterns during the October and November hunting seasons is much more valuable than the intell you get from finding sheds outside of the hunting seasons.
Yes but in Arkansas bow season doesnt end til Feb 28 so sheds can be a help for late season spots while my cams are on other areas
@@gheft762 Interesting. In that case I'd probably just look for sheds while walking to my late season bowhunting stands, but wouldn't shed hunt during the bowhunting season, just to shed hunt. The mature bucks on my place wouldn't put up with that for very long and I don't like pushing bucks to the neighbors, hunting season or not.
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Steven Woodward same. Hard place to find them when our public forests are so heavily trafficked
i am way too new to this... at first i thought you meant shed like a tool shed 😂
What is a bedding area?
U need a shed dog!!
I lose all my sheds to my doggie!
When you find only one side, hold it up to a mirror. You'll see what I mean.
I have one that fell off the deer i was feeding. So I was right my deer loose antlers up to mid march. Maybe you can come see my channel La Nature1
Used to find a lot of shed but because of RUclips and social media shed hunting is ruined boot tracks everywhere trespassing everywhere hardly any sheds to find anymore used to be 50-100’sheds a year now barly find 15 it’s a joke
The squirells will have destroyed antlers by april in carolina
Wanna hear a great joke? You cant look for sheds in Hungary because it's ILLEGAL.
Great joke innit?
Come to Coshocton Co. Ohio and find some big quality sheds!!