2018 Shed Antler Thread!!!

JakeD · February 17, 2018, 11:10:00 PM

My brother and I walked around our farm some today. I got 2 and he got 1. Not too bad.

Dannon · February 18, 2018, 09:08:00 PM

Colorado isn't selling permits to shed hunt. They were thinking about it earlier but decided not to charge to hunt sheds. However, they did set a date to allow people in to start searching to keep the stress off wintering elk and deer.

Jayrod · February 18, 2018, 09:25:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by ron w:

QuoteOriginally posted by JakeD:
If we are supposed to start paying to pick them up I guess I'm just gonna be an outlaw. The government takes enough money from us as it is.
I was thinking the same thing.......I will not pay for something I found in the woods.......just won't tell anyone. What's next, pay to pick mushrooms for your own use. [/b]

AMEN to that ron...whats this world coming too?? It's all about the almighty dollar!

Bvas · February 19, 2018, 09:18:00 PM

Finally some good luck finding the bigger sheds. A bud and I were out for about four hours today. We each found one, but he graciously gave me his find since we were searching my hunting grounds.

Tom · February 20, 2018, 06:13:00 AM

Both are from fine bucks-hope you run into them in the fall-good luck.

JakeD · February 20, 2018, 10:48:00 AM

My wife found one of the sides of the buck that I was after this past fall. It's the biggest one she's ever found, so she was pretty pumped up.

Homey88 · February 20, 2018, 08:07:00 PM

Great sheds! Enjoying the thread!

goobersan · February 21, 2018, 10:16:00 PM

Saw a heavy racked 8 or 10 point today near my house. Guess some are dropping late this season

Passin Through · February 25, 2018, 01:20:00 AM

I had a cool thing happen to me around Dec. 19. I was driving to my hunting land and I was driving slow because it was sleeting. Just as I was coming into a corner a nice 8 pt buck ran across the road right in front of the truck and entered a field. As I was making the corner I kept watching over my shoulder and I saw him jump the far fence - minus his headgear... I backed up to the field approach and could see both antlers sticking out of the snow about 100 yards out there. When I hustled out to get them I noticed they had each popped off one bound apart, just randomly I guess.

The second part of the story is once I got to the property I picked a stand I on a fence crossing. I wasn't settled in more than 15 minutes when I looked over my shoulder and saw a twin of the shed buck approaching the crossing 20 yards behind me. Wind was perfect and the trail split and went on each side of my stand, I was all ready. He jumped the fence and looked toward the edge of my property where a snowmobile trail runs along the border. He got nervous and skirted me at 30 yards in the brush, as soon as he was out of sight a tractor showed up dragging a trail groomer. This is a very remote area and it was the only time of the year the trail was groomed...

Within an hours time I had unique encounters with identical bucks - one lucky and one unlucky!

I am struggling to get the picture of the sheds posted, the 8 point was about 120 inch class.

Cyclic-Rivers · February 25, 2018, 07:51:00 AM

Good stuff guys, was thinking of taking a walk this morning but a fresh blanket of snow will be difficult to find them under.

Bvas · March 04, 2018, 12:44:00 PM

Been out a few more times without much luck. Did find one old little one. Chewed up and discolored. Decided to leave it so the squirrels could get their mineral intake.

Bvas · March 04, 2018, 12:47:00 PM

But then the best find of all!!
A young moose shed!!! I didn't even know we had moose in Ohio???

March 04, 2018, 02:50:00 PM

:rolleyes:

fnshtr · March 06, 2018, 09:57:00 PM

https://imgur.com/a/Fq56l

A friend of mine that is an official scorer says he should be close to 120". Hopefully he will make P&Y next fall. I'll be after him anyway.

Bvas · March 17, 2018, 03:47:00 PM

Let's get this back to the top. I know there's gotta be more people finding sheds by now.
Here's one I found today. To bad the squirrels found it first.

Tom · March 18, 2018, 08:23:00 AM

I've heard that deer will chew sheds as well as rodents-suspect hard winters might deplete calcium.

23feetupandhappy · March 18, 2018, 10:23:00 PM

The kids and I had a good couple of good weekends in the woods!

Sawpilot 75 · March 30, 2018, 05:16:29 PM

I haven't got out much but I have found a few.

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Sawpilot 75 · March 31, 2018, 11:52:08 AM

Couple more..

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Soonerlongbow · March 31, 2018, 05:56:27 PM

About 2 weeks ago I saw some deer in velvet already, two groups, one in southern Colorado (mulies) and the the other in northern Oklahoma (white tails). BUt last evening I saw a bachelor group that several still had hard antlers from last year. Yet I've seen yearlings already have buttons growing here. Strange.