Shed Hunting Sub?

This thread is pretty hilarious - no love for the shed hunters. Never been much of a shed hunter myself, man I hate ticks.
 
I used to shed hunt white-tails in WI. Never had any luck. I've picked up a few mulie sheds while out in Montana but that is only finding sheds when I'm actively hunting live deer with the bone still attached to their heads. I have one exception that should bring me out of retirement. When marten trapping this fall I routine saw a pair of bull moose, one of them quite impressive for a Minnesota moose. When I'm confident those have dropped, and depending on snow conditions, I do expect to go searching for those paddles.
 
You can't go shed hunting til may 1 because the deer are stressed and weakened and vulnerable... but the state can drop 20 woofs on top of them on the winter range.
 
Curse you, I am bested!

The fun part, I know the buck this came from. One day he had spikes, the next he didn’t, so I took a brief stroll and sure enough…




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Found mine on my favorite glassing point over looking the favorite honey hole. Spent hours and hours looking for the other side with out any luck. Might be exaggerating.
 
I love shed hunting and have been really into it for over 20 years. I do hate how popular it’s become, the crummy ethics some seem to have about it and how a pile of seeming losers with no redeeming qualities have made it a career. Much like others it’s a great excuse for me to explore a bunch of country, learn a lot of spots and animal use, and spend time with my dog. I’ve still got the very first one I found 31 years ago
 
I used to shed hunt quite a bit, tried my best for every weekend, but last year i didnt go as much. Too many damn people out, pushing animals starting in late Feb/early March. People going into closed areas. Had a spot that we would routinely pull out over 100 lbs of antler, now its being poached early. I will still make a handful of trips this spring but I'm going to start turkey hunting more and honing my golf game again. Its still nice to get the dogs out and explore country.
 
I was thinking the same thing...why there wasn't a shed forum for those that like to look at antlers and "pickups!" I would second the shed hunting sub!
 
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