Author Topic: shed hunters. chime in please (Read 4940 times)

bankwalker · « **on:** February 10, 2009, 04:02:25 PM »

ok so i was thinking about this today so i just have to ask.

when you guys are out hunting sheds on the eastside. on those big open hills...

do you guys ever just sit in one place and glass with a spotting scope or bino's to find sheds? seems that with alot of them just laying in the open, and the quality of glass most of you guys have. finding them laying on a trail out to 300yds shouldnt be a problem.

the main reason i was thinking this is due to having a bad back, knees, and ankles will make it hard for me to constantly put on miles looking for sheds.

boneaddict · « **Reply #1 on:** February 10, 2009, 04:08:29 PM »

Its more fun when those big hills are covered in WHITE. GRRrrrrrrrrr

chukar-ridge-quest · « **Reply #2 on:** February 10, 2009, 04:21:16 PM »

Gettin' lots of white here. 3/4 of an inch in the last hour,

bankwalker · « **Reply #3 on:** February 10, 2009, 04:26:01 PM »

Quote from: duckfvr on February 10, 2009, 04:05:00 PM

I have found them all ways, stumbling on them, glassing them up and also finding from the rig. You would b surprised on how many i have found just looking on the side of a road while i am on my way up to a spot.Usually if u find em with your binos u can spot more than 1 and get em all at one time unstead of seein one and bustin over to it take your time and glass everything

thats what i plan on doing. ive got some reports from my buddies parents in law that live in methow that the bucks that usually are in thier yards eating apples on winter are gone nowhere to be seen for the last week...

this is 9-13 bucks, 3 of them are 160" bucks or close to it.

but they dont know about the whole shedding of antlers, or even go look for them. so im gonna head over there and hunt around on the private property across the highway.

i found 3 eaten up sheds 4 years ago while hunting over there. 2 were a matched set but after the mice got to them they were about 110" set. might have been close to 150" before the tines were chewed up.

turkey slayer · « **Reply #4 on:** February 10, 2009, 04:44:11 PM »

IFIND MOST OF MY SHEDS GLASSING AND IN THE WINTERWEAT AND HEAVEY TRAVELED TRAILS. I AM NEW ALSO.

bankwalker · « **Reply #5 on:** February 10, 2009, 04:54:12 PM »

yeah these deer sit in private property all day, its all open fields lined with trees. there is a public valley that i hunt in spetember. and i stay at my buddies parents in law house over there. and the deer are there all night...just cant find them during the day.

there is one solid trail that comes over the hill and across the highway to thier property.

ive been over there 3 or 4 times and never once thaught to hunt sheds. the guy who owns the big lot of land hunts them in the spring so thats why i never see any during hunting season.

BUT this season he got the matched set he was looking for, 170+" so he says. so he gave me permission to come on over and hunt the rest. i just waiting till its a little warmer sence i have noone to compete with.

turkey slayer · « **Reply #6 on:** February 10, 2009, 05:01:58 PM »

ALSO WALK FENCE LINES AND STEEP DITCHES

bow-n-head · « **Reply #7 on:** February 10, 2009, 08:03:24 PM »

I find alot of sheds from my pickup with my binoculars

turkey slayer · « **Reply #8 on:** February 10, 2009, 08:07:41 PM »

I FOUND A 2 POINT SHED LAST FRIDAY FROM MY TRUCK, IT WASH LAYING 15 TO 20 FEET OFF THE ROAD IN A FEILD

wazzuhunter · « **Reply #9 on:** February 10, 2009, 09:12:19 PM »

I don't really glass very much, I try and cover as much ground as I can by foot, so I tend to spot most of them with my eyes. If I am in open country I glass a little more, but I am out there for exercise just as much as I am to find the sheds.

tmike · « **Reply #10 on:** February 10, 2009, 09:20:24 PM »

That's an impressive pile of bone bow-n-head

wazzuhunter · « **Reply #11 on:** February 10, 2009, 10:16:56 PM »

Are all those from last year bow-n-head?

fishunt247 · « **Reply #12 on:** February 11, 2009, 09:56:09 AM »

I've glassed more elk horns than I have deer horns. The stumble method works best for me. But I've been glassing deer with binos and spotting scope and seen tines sticking up in the sage. So you never know. Its amazing how your eyes pick up antlers like that.

bow-n-head · « **Reply #13 on:** February 11, 2009, 05:11:05 PM »

The picture I posted is the cream of the crop from probably 10 years of horn hunting. When I first started ( single and childless) I horn hunted about 30 days a spring. Now I am lucky to get 5. The picture is a good 6 years old. When I get a little spare time I will take some new pictures.

BENCHLEG · « **Reply #14 on:** February 11, 2009, 06:04:17 PM »

thanks for the honesty. verry nice finds keep up the good work and good luck. J

buckmaster_wa · « **Reply #15 on:** February 11, 2009, 09:30:03 PM »

I find a lot of them when I am glassing hill sides. But dont get discouraged when you think you have spotted one and hike acrossed a big valley only to find that it was a stick that looked like an antler

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bankwalker · « **Reply #16 on:** February 11, 2009, 09:34:27 PM »

Quote from: buckmaster_wa on February 11, 2009, 09:30:03 PM

I find a lot of them when I am glassing hill sides. But dont get discouraged when you think you have spotted one and hike acrossed a big valley only to find that it was a stick that looked like an antler .

i do that alot during elk season...thing is that the elk are not in the area i hunt when they are dropping antlers. so idk why i always get excited when i think i see a shed.

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