2016 Shed Hunting Thread...

[WNY Bowhunter]

Didn't see one so I thought I would start one...

#1 on monday:

#2 today:

[Lawdwaz]

#1 and #2..........found a couple weeks ago.  I've already posted these in an earlier thread:

 

[WNY Bowhunter]

I saw them. Nice sheds!!!

[WNY Bowhunter]

This guy was spotted a couple of days ago...I want his antlers bad!!!

It would be greatly appreciated if he would leave them laying just like this:

Edited January 29, 2016 by WNY Bowhunter

[Lawdwaz]

Shed horns are so damned neat!

To think they grow them EVERY year too......wow.

[Rockspek]

I've had a trail cam on a tree for a couple of months.  Wouldn't you know the first shed I find was under leaves on the backside of the tree.  Must be from last year.

[Nomad]

I put these in the old thread , might as well post in the correct one too. Found yesterday although the green one is old.

[growalot]

All the buck around here and I rarely find any...usually it has a skull attached...too many swamps...and nothing worse than getting calf high in the mud during the winter...I think if I could walk the extensive pines around here I would find many..but I can't.

[genesee_mohican]

I pulled cam cards yesterday and see some bald bucks, but most have both sides. I have one cam video taken yesterday am that has 5 bucks with both sides. 2 were sparing.  I'll keep tabs on them and should have a good place to find some sheds in a few weeks.

 

 

[Deadhunter25]

The same can be said for me in Westchester. I spotted a few dinky ones with a half a rack but most still have both sides. Ill probably wait until I go searching.

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[PrimoSupreme]

I keep seeing a lot of Bucks in my area still with both sides. I was recently told by a DEC biologist that a buck will not drop its horns if there is a doe in "heat" in the area. Not sure how true it is, but being he is a wildlife biologist he must have known what he was talking about.

[skiop]

I keep seeing a lot of Bucks in my area still with both sides. I was recently told by a DEC biologist that a buck will not drop its horns if there is a doe in "heat" in the area. Not sure how true it is, but being he is a wildlife biologist he must have known what he was talking about.

 

Seems unlikely as the estrus period is about 24hrs

[Nomad]

I pulled cam cards yesterday and see some bald bucks, but most have both sides. I have one cam video taken yesterday am that has 5 bucks with both sides. 2 were sparing. I'll keep tabs on them and should have a good place to find some sheds in a few weeks.

Same here ! Date is off a bit....

[PrimoSupreme]

Seems unlikely as the estrus period is about 24hrs

That is also what I thought, but then again I don't work with or for the DEC. Then again they do not get everything right, I think we can all attest to that lmfao.

[Skillet]

That is also what I thought, but then again I don't work with or for the DEC. Then again they do not get everything right, I think we can all attest to that lmfao.

 

You shut your mouth! How dare you?!

[crappyice]

Took a walk yesterday in some local westchester woods. Found a herd of about 16 deer-all bald but I haven't seen many bucks running with these ladies much this year. Not sure where the boys are hiding

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[Rockspek]

I've been hitting the woods as hard as I can looking for sheds.  So far a year old little 4 point and this skull.  skull must be from a while ago.  It was just teeth bone and antler.  looking at the teeth this was not an old dear at all.  

 

 

Where's everybody else's finds?  I know they're out there.

[JGS]

So I decided to hit the the woods before the lake effect hit yesterday morning. I found at least 10 sheds and got pictures of a few of them, but I think I have a different species of shed antler in my woods. They will not stay still long enough for me to pick them up!!!!

[beachpeaz]

I found 3 last week.  2 freshies and one from last year.  With that said, almost every other deer I have seen still is packing.  With this cold snap and the fact that they all should be getting close, my bet is the next 2 weeks should get hot.

[crappyice]

Found 1!!

Mice chewed it up pretty bad though.

I found it in the same spot I found my first shed three years ago.

Same deer???

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[beachpeaz]

What do you see?  lol. 

 

 

[crappyice]

Nice...the elusive shed-shroom

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[blackradio]

Saw 3 bucks today with 4 does when I pulled up to a job in Westchester. It was a thin racked 6, a 4pt and a spike I think. Surprised they still had their racks.

[crappyice]

Walked the hilltop Hanover property in westchester today. Not a damn thing but it was great to be out!

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[BizCT]

Walked the hilltop Hanover property in westchester today. Not a damn thing but it was great to be out!

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I may try my luck at shed hunting Sunday, looks to be 50 degrees

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