2016 Shed Hunting Thread...

[WNY Bowhunter]

I took the puppy out for a few hours today...

#8 was easy to spot out in the open:

#9 was an oldie buried in the beanfield:

[BigVal]

It's cool you guys can find sheds. I've been out every year for four years putting in lots of miles and still looking for number 1.

[wooly]

I found another finial tip to top off one of my lamp shades today!

When I spotted this one laying there, I could almost imagine the little buck bedded and scanning the surroundings under the hemlock in my mind before he shook it loose!

He picked a great spot to catch some ZZZZZZZZZZ's!

[chrisw]

Another deadhead from today. Would've been pretty neat looking if his screwed up left antler wasn't eaten.

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[beachpeaz]

Found the match to my other side from January finally!  I was floored where I found it, literally 10' from where I have walked at least 5 times.  Goes to show how even a trained eye can miss them.

 

 

[landtracdeerhunter]

Spent just an hour yesterday. Big one first, looked over to my right and there laid the small one. Flash; lighting strikes in the same spot three times..

Edited March 15, 2016 by landtracdeerhunter

[WNY Bowhunter]

Nice!!!

One nice young deadhead today...

[landtracdeerhunter]

Another nice find this morning. The antlers sure stick out on a dark day.

Edited March 15, 2016 by landtracdeerhunter

[chrisw]

Picked up 5 more today on another piece of public land. That brings my total to 15 sheds and 3 deadheads for the year so far.

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[First-light]

My neighbor found these behind the camp. He has found 5 sheds so far just one matching set. 

[landtracdeerhunter]

Found one this morning until the lightning chased me out of the field. 

[genesee_mohican]

Found 3 yesterday so here's my season total. Based on past years and this one I'm beginning to think my eyes just don't pick up the right side for some reason.

 

 

[chrisw]

I'll get out a few more times probably but here's my pile thus far...

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[nyantlerman]

hey all..Been a slow year so far. 8 is the number so far. i will get some pics up soon,after i find more this weekend that is.  glad to see your finds and see some familiar names from the old ny pro boards forum. 

[Nomad]

Wow 4 hours and this is it ! Expected a much better day, normally I only walk for 1 1/2 or so and find 1 or 2 and bigger....

Nice day though , knife for scale btw.

[nyantlerman]

four hours of walking today and only added two to the pile. will be back at it tomorrow after cutting wood in the morning,

[Lawdwaz]

4+ hours for me today.  I bet I crawled 250 yards on my hands and knees through some nasty holes, just bucky looking and found beans.............get all done and head over to pull my trail cams.  Walk up the dike of my buddies pond to peak at the geese and find THIS.....................

 

 

Let me tell you, I worked hard for that little bone!  Oh well, all fun.

[wooly]

The way this year has been going, I wasn't sure I'd find a 3'rd antler on the season.
Today I introduced 3 new faces to the bone pile!
Nothing to write home about, but the 2 for 1 freshie set sure was a welcome sight to see!





...and another oldie trampled into the earth.

[Lawdwaz]

Some hard miles logged by shed hunters each year.  Some guys on here make it look easy and as many others know, it ain't!

 

Like I said, I busted my hump today to find that little bugger.  IIRC last year I found nothing and looked much, much harder.

 

Thumbs up to you dedicated guys!

[Zag]

My seven yr old and I have logged some miles. We started back in Jan at our local non hunting park. We had transisioned from the brushy field into the hardwoods.We always spread out while walking and im always way ahead as he is easally distrcted. Anyways im way ahead and i hear him yell dad i found a deer, keeps repeating it as im walikng back. I walk up to him not seeing anything and say where, he points right infront of me, wow sweet find! Not sure what happened to him but my son was super exited, the next morning he said he dreamed about it.

 

Last sunday morning he said he wanted to shed hunt behind great great grams house. We took a quick walk and he's dying to find a shed on his own. So I'm walking thru some brush and I see one, I call him over telling him this looks like a good spot ( I want him to find it) I sent him past it like for time, each walking right by it, finally I say stop and look around, he didn't find it first but non the less happy.

 

This am he wanted my wife to tag along at the park. She has never really even looked before but she found one. Not long after I heard my son make a excited noise and see him bend over and pick up his first on his own horn, a shinny 2pt and boy was he excited. I had a goose egg.

I cant get this to post pic between each story so they are in order of story, except the first two are reversed.

[mlammerhirt]

Well done...and nice dead head find!! Hope you get it Euroed for him.

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[beachpeaz]

Found 3 yesterday so here's my season total. Based on past years and this one I'm beginning to think my eyes just don't pick up the right side for some reason.

 

That's hysterical.  I just had this conversation with my Brother-in-law a couple weeks ago when he came to NY for the weekend to shed hunt with me.

 

I have way more lefts that rights.  I seem to always find the left for some reason.  I swear my deer drop the lefts on my property and the rights somewhere else every year.

 

Are you my neighbor?  lol.

 

Maybe we should shed hunt together. We might find all the matching sets.

[landtracdeerhunter]

Remember, the small horns of today are the big antlers of the future. It's always fun to stack the years of growth, if possible.

[chrisw]

I couldn't resist today and went shed hunting for 2 hours. I found sheds #16 and #17 for the year and a matching side to one of the antlers I found 3 weeks ago. I knew there were at least 2 great bucks in there and I've found 3 of their antlers so far, I'll be a happy man if I can find that last side... One was a fighter, broke his brow completely off one antler and his whole main beam beyond his G-2 on the other side.

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[wooly]

No sheds today, but I did find another dead buck.

Spotted something that didn't fit in about 50yds away and didn't know if it was worth going out of my way to investigate.

I should know better by now, but just goes to show even when you don't know what you're looking at, it could turn out to be just what you're looking for.....ANTLERS!!!

 

 

Edited March 23, 2016 by wooly