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I usually aim dead center of the lock, then after its blown apart I hope up my dead shed and see what I got.
Look in the areas you hunt for rubs. A lot of sheds are found right at the base of a tree with a fresh rub. Walk slowly. However slowly you are walking walk slower. Don't just walk the main deer trails look at the lesser used trails those are the ones the bucks use. I haven't found an elk shed yet. Get out early and often. Spend some time watching the guys on Youtube. Good luck!
Quote from: Boss .300 winmag on April 25, 2016, 04:00:46 PMI usually aim dead center of the lock, then after its blown apart I hope up my dead shed and see what I got. I have no idea what that means
Are you looking west side or East? The hardest shed to hunt up is a mature "coastal" blacktail IMO. They tend to live in out of the way spots and vegetation is nearly always an issue. Your on the right track hitting fences and creekbeds, although I find few sheds in the bed itself as much as the trails above it. Bedding areas are great but finding a bucks core bedding area at that time is the trick. The cliche is true there is no substitute for miles or coverage. But if I had a tip its this. Live on the edge. Clearcut edges, Benches in clearcuts, field edges, river bank cliffs, the edge of different types of trees, in rocky mountainous areas look in rock ledges and areas where the cliff gives way too more gradual area especially if it holds feed, lake shores, swamp edges, road edges, even of they are traveled. Even lawn edges . Anywhere terrain changes however subtly is a spot where a decent buck will hang out much longer than he will in the open. I recently had a conversation with a forester who is in contact with planting crews reseeding clearcuts. They essentially grid entire clearcuts, they had picked up around 30 deer sheds, not bad, but of those none were big. Even though the area holds some great blacktails. Even when not being pursued they spend little time in the open.