Shed buck

[Buckstopshere]

They are starting to shed here. But, I still hope to get some good trail cam shots of bucks through January into February.

[rachunter]

i've been out a few times haven't found any yet.

[Buckstopshere]

16 minutes ago, rachunter said:

i've been out a few times haven't found any yet.

Most here are still carrying. Course there are those bucks that broke them off fighting or getting them caught in a tree and snapping them off. Last year most carried at least one through January. JMO, but I would not waste my time looking for sheds now. But hey, it is never a waste of time being out there! And you never know what you might find or learn.

[Paula]

I'm going to try and look while out for rabbit

[Buckstopshere]

Well, at least you would be keeping your eyes in the same sight-plane...on the ground and not squirrel hunting. Good luck. And you could hang the rabbits off the shed.

[rachunter]

l love it !!!

[NYBowhunter]

8 minutes ago, rachunter said:

l love it !!!

Not much growth from one year to the other?

[Buckstopshere]

You could hang a bunch of rabbits on those sheds...awesome drop tines. Did you find both of them this year?

 

Edited January 4, 2017 by Buckstopshere

[rachunter]

no there both lefts from the same buck.the top one is from last year[2015] that drop tine is 4".  i only saw him once two years ago but i don't take hailmary shots so he walked or i should say ran passed.i haven't hunted for him since.

[Buckstopshere]

No doubt the same buck. So it was actually 2 antler cycles ago that the top one was found? Because last spring was 2016 and if you found the lower one back in this past December...that would be both in the same year. I know it is confusing.

[Paula]

How long do you keep your cameras out?

[rachunter]

i found the top one in march of 2016 and the bottom one in march of 2015.  

[Buckstopshere]

16 minutes ago, rachunter said:

i found the top one in march of 2016 and the bottom one in march of 2015.  

I bet I know where you will be in about 8 weeks. Did you find them close in distance?

 

 

[Buckstopshere]

19 minutes ago, Paula said:

How long do you keep your cameras out?

I keep them going all winter, and shift to turkey (gobblers)  in April and May...once the antlers start coming out...in end of May...June, I set them for bucks at licking branches. Pretty much year 'round.

[rachunter]

less then three hundred yrds

[rachunter]

12 minutes ago, Buckstopshere said:

I keep them going all winter, and shift to turkey (gobblers)  in April and May...once the antlers start coming out...in end of May...June, I set them for bucks at licking branches. Pretty much year 'round.

what kind of battery's are you using and how long do they last.i stopped using camera's the battery's started getting expansive   

[Buckstopshere]

22 minutes ago, rachunter said:

less then three hundred yrds

Three football fields...lot of space.

[Paula]

Do you keep track or any records of what you see?

[Buckstopshere]

21 minutes ago, rachunter said:

what kind of battery's are you using and how long do they last.i stopped using camera's the battery's started getting expansive   

I run about a dozen cameras, some old some new. But they are all powered with rechargeables. I could not afford to use disposable batteries...besides being expensive they are bad for the environment. I run all rechargeables...some of my older cams used D's and I still have a few running that use C's but most now are AA's. I have two battery chargers plugged in and rotate my batteries as I do my memory cards. I get hundreds of camera checks out of the rechargeables...some last for years.  I wait for them to go on sale at the local drugstores...or get them off Amazon when there is a great deal. So my main cost is gasoline! One thing I have found out is that you need a good battery charger...one that charges slowly. Some of the new ones that come with the batteries charge too quickly and the charges don't last.

[Buckstopshere]

17 minutes ago, Paula said:

Do you keep track or any records of what you see?

Yeah, I have an Excell rut spreadsheet...and a large external hard drive where I save just about all my cam photos. I have a date and name filing system so I can cross check and use as a resource.

[Paula]

I assume you also keep track of doe. Do you ever take a deer that you haven't had on camera? 

[Buckstopshere]

16 minutes ago, Paula said:

I assume you also keep track of doe. Do you ever take a deer that you haven't had on camera? 

Well, I keep track of doe, but more in general terms because they are so hard to positively ID. But through a season, I do ID  doe with twin fawns, or one fawn. Or if it has a distinguishing mark like a wound, extra white markings, etc.

As to ID-ing deer I tag...Hard to say about the does, probably i have them on camera since I run the cameras in the same locales I hunt for years. But as for antlered bucks in the last 10 years...I have most, not all of them on camera. Sometimes I hunt in areas where I do not put cams and get lucky. But I'm sure, somebody probably has them on camera! Most everyplace I go in town, somebody pulls out their phone and shows me their cam shots.

 

 

[Paula]

That's neat