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Any shed antler hunters here?
January 07, 2018, 10:13 AM
Scuba Steve SigAny shed antler hunters here?
I know it is a week or two early, but a year ago during the first week of January I took our 4 1/2 year old son out into the wooded 100+ acre city park behind our house and find a great matched pair of freshly dropped antlers. A nice 10 pointer, the pair sitting right next to each other and fresh. We went out a couple more times in the month or two afterwards, but didn't find anything else.
We are currently above freezing for the first time in maybe a month with some snow on the ground. I'm hoping to take the now 5 1/2 year old and our 3 1/2 year old daughter out this afternoon. If we don't find anything, we'll at least see where the deer go and burn off some of their cabin fever.
Anybody else love doing this?
January 07, 2018, 10:27 AM
NframeI'm out in the woods quite often down here, sometimes I find dropped antlers but never a matched pair and usually have been chewed on.
January 07, 2018, 10:37 AM
FN in MTNorth central MT here. I feed about a dozen whitetails when the weather gets really tough on them. I throw out a few slices of hay in the afternoon. By morning EVERY morsel is gone.
Yesterday found my first shed in the yard. And one of the little bucks has one horn gone as well. So it's starting here.
January 07, 2018, 11:28 AM
MarinetoRNYep. Comparing what i find to what I've seen on trailcams or on the hoof kind of gives me an idea of the one's that were not taken during the hunting season.
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January 07, 2018, 02:02 PM
Scuba Steve SigWe didn't find any today, which wasn't too surprising since it is early. However, we found their bedding area in the snow, so we have some hot spots to look at in the future. Our 3 1/2 year old daughter got burnt out halfway through and wasn't fond of the twigs and grass. Our 5 1/2 year old didn't mind it much and had much more energy on tap than her and more than last year. Maybe they picked up some on me talking about tracking, finding bird poop, etc. Hopefully they will both sleep easily tonight.
January 07, 2018, 02:25 PM
stiabMy dog Lady is anxious to get started again. It is a little too early now...
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January 07, 2018, 02:31 PM
KMitch200Haven't done it but it sounds like a GREAT excuse to get in a nice walk in the woods.
Gotta call my friend that lives 2 miles away from an excellent elk area.
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January 07, 2018, 02:32 PM
newmexicansure. Nice way to get out and enjoy the outdoors.
January 07, 2018, 02:48 PM
hudrI have found a few on my place. Never actively hunted them, though.
Now I have another excuse for a jaunt along the fencelines.
January 07, 2018, 04:31 PM
DeqlynHaven't been in awhile but this guy had a good run our first and only time out. We trained of course.
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steelcityfishanddiveJust came back from my buddy’s camp in north FL. Saw a 4 and 5pt walking around. Down here they usually shed in beginning of February.
January 07, 2018, 04:36 PM
Scuba Steve SigUnfortunately, we don't have dogs. I know they are used to find them though. Do you just walk with them and they chomp them up? Alert on them? To those starting out, it seems your best bet is to look at bedding areas, places where deer have to jump (fence, creek beds, etc.), along trails, south sides of hills.
January 07, 2018, 04:41 PM
zoom6zoomI haven't had the chance to go looking in a while. I need to start turning pens again and antler can make some nice ones.
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BassamaticDon't have any pics but my dog is in the back hauling up drops all the time. He's tracked down some pretty decent racks.
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Scuba Steve SigAnybody have any luck yet this year? I took our son out again this morning to burn off cabin fever because we are in the 40s now. Filled a grocery bag full of trash, traced plenty of tracks and traversed many southern slopes but came up empty handed. Did encounter 4 deer at roughly 20 yards though. Some looked like bucks that have already shed. Since it is a city park, they really weren't too worried about us.
January 20, 2018, 12:48 PM
Jeff YarchinAntlers are a great chew for most dogs. They don’t chip or splinter, they just wear down over time.
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Antlers sell in the pet store for $60.00 a pound.
January 20, 2018, 12:50 PM
Sunset_VaI search but never have any luck.
My tractor tires always find them.
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January 20, 2018, 06:32 PM
JALLENWe’ve got 4 or 5 bucks dining in our yard twice a day, and hanging out in Indian country, with trees, scrub brush, cacti and rocks on the property. A couple of them have magnificent antlers.
They ought to at least drop their horns on the front steps, don’t you think?
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