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Offline enaz

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Westside sheds
« on: January 01, 2013, 09:24:06 AM »
Has anyone seen any blacktail that have shed at all yet? I was late on a honey hole last year and wanne be ahead of the game. I've heard old timers say they've seen em off in december but I figured most drop late jan- feb. Is it worth going out and looking yet?

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Re: Westside sheds
« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2013, 12:36:55 PM »
Not yet.  Anxiously awaiting it though

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Re: Westside sheds
« Reply #2 on: January 01, 2013, 06:30:40 PM »
A few years ago I shot what I thought was a doe on Dec 30th, well it was a buck that had already lost his antlers and it was a nice size doe. :bash: :bash: I surely woundn't have shot him if I knew it was a buck, I never did find his antlers. So, I would check your honey holes every weekend starting now.
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Re: Westside sheds
« Reply #3 on: January 01, 2013, 06:44:24 PM »
trophyhunt, how the heck are you guys finding blackie sheds? :chuckle:

With all the time I have spent in the westside woods, I should have more, somebody must have beat me to them! Muley sheds are a breeze in comparison!
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Re: Westside sheds
« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2013, 07:32:24 PM »
trophyhunt, how the heck are you guys finding blackie sheds? :chuckle:

With all the time I have spent in the westside woods, I should have more, somebody must have beat me to them! Muley sheds are a breeze in comparison!
I probably spend waaay tooo much time in the woods looking for them, I hike through the thickest crap I can find. My best find was from a deer that I missed during the rifle season and I found his antlers that december and January. Luck is the only reason I find some sheds but it does take a ton of days not finding a damn thing, just being in the woods makes those days worth it. I guess I should have put my blacktail sheds up for sale too but man it's hard to get rid of them considering how hard they are to find. Maby some day.
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Re: Westside sheds
« Reply #5 on: January 01, 2013, 07:47:55 PM »
Saw a 2 point yesterday with one missing.

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Re: Westside sheds
« Reply #6 on: January 01, 2013, 08:06:44 PM »
I wander if blacktail sheds get eatin up by coyotes, timber tigers, porky pines, and what not alot quicker on this side. As much time as I spend in the woods I only have 8-10 sheds.
 Last year was the first time that I actually went out to "just find sheds", and I didn't find any. I think a dog would be great on the west side.
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Re: Westside sheds
« Reply #7 on: January 01, 2013, 08:45:45 PM »
I'm going to try training my golden retriever to find them. She'll probably find them before I will. Haha. she chews on caribou antlers all year long so she may already have some idea of scent.
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Re: Westside sheds
« Reply #8 on: January 01, 2013, 08:47:33 PM »
Still too early in my opinion been seeing bucks every day going to work, give it another month or so.

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Re: Westside sheds
« Reply #9 on: January 02, 2013, 04:19:58 PM »
Went out yesterday just to scope it out. Saw 6 or 7 bucks, with one 2 point missing one side. the base was black like it had been shed for a little while, I thought maybe torn off while fighting with another buck? I'll be hitting it hard the next couple months. I hope to find a few this year.

 


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