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Anyone have tips on finding sheds
« on: August 09, 2011, 10:37:34 AM »
Does anyone have any tips on finding antlers?

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Re: Anyone have tips on finding sheds
« Reply #1 on: August 09, 2011, 11:22:41 AM »
dont mean to sound like a smart ass but obviously you need to be where animals that have antlers are and then you gotta be there at the right time i have a friend that could find antlers in down town seattle and then i go out to some of the best damn areas a fella could find and walkm all day and maybe find one then i have him go over the same ground and he comes back with a bunch, i dint get it it aint like i am blind and i spend alot of time in the woods with that being said i guess i just dont have the EYE for it....
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Re: Anyone have tips on finding sheds
« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2011, 11:34:22 AM »
Walk a lot, and look on the ground.

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Re: Anyone have tips on finding sheds
« Reply #3 on: August 09, 2011, 11:38:20 AM »
I agree with miles to put on the miles
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Re: Anyone have tips on finding sheds
« Reply #4 on: August 09, 2011, 12:07:48 PM »
is it better to look in the thicker stuff where they might fall off easier?

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Re: Anyone have tips on finding sheds
« Reply #5 on: August 09, 2011, 03:54:52 PM »
I look on south facing slopes with benches and small ridges kinda open with big fir or pine trees they bed under the trees and the snow not as deep under these trees... try to think like a big buck.. and you got to put in the miles... i average a horn for every mile i walk, somedays i find a bunch other days i walk ten hours and find nothing that's the way it goes... 

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Re: Anyone have tips on finding sheds
« Reply #6 on: August 09, 2011, 06:19:51 PM »
Agree with Jess.
 
Think like a buck. Find a spot where he can bed down and survey in all directions, an area where a cougar would find it difficult to sneak up without being seen.... Sometimes out in the most wide open area on a hill, so if you sat down, you could see in all directions. Or right against a pine tree that is in the wide open.....  If you are walking old skid roads....get off them a distance far enough that the ground you are viewing is not viewable from the old grade. Never walk back to where you came from in the same elevation or within view of where you walked before. Stop often and glass adjacent hillsides, under bushes, etc....look down into crags on really steep stuff to see where an antler may have landed and got caught up down the hill...
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Re: Anyone have tips on finding sheds
« Reply #7 on: August 10, 2011, 01:19:53 AM »
Thank you for all the advice everyone, I will try too put it to use.

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Re: Anyone have tips on finding sheds
« Reply #8 on: September 19, 2011, 07:30:21 PM »
early spring look on south facing slopes where the deer and elk will sun them selfs and any where they have to jump over something such as fence crossings, logs etc also around water. for some reason animals like to drink shortly after shedding antlers hope this helps and good luck

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Re: Anyone have tips on finding sheds
« Reply #9 on: September 27, 2011, 09:45:01 AM »
Basically find some fresh deer sign in some areas and hike all over it. Works for me.

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Re: Anyone have tips on finding sheds
« Reply #10 on: December 29, 2011, 09:35:04 AM »
Here's an effective method:

Find an area where deer and elk winter.  Bring good binoculars and a spotting scope.  Set up on a ridge where you have a good field of view. 
Now, start looking for a maroon 2000 F250 with wood racks and an Airborne Ranger sticker in the back window.  That's my truck.  OK, now get on your glass and see which way I go when I leave the truck. 
Now, pick up all of your gear and head in the opposite direction... :chuckle:

I know it sounds unordothodox, but trust me; it works (at least for everyone I shed hunt with) :dunno:

Hope you have better luck at this sport than I do.. :tup:
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