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Other Activities => Shed Hunting => Topic started by: GEARHEAD on December 15, 2010, 10:03:02 PM

Title: shed catcher
Post by: GEARHEAD on December 15, 2010, 10:03:02 PM: anyone ever have success with one. i checked my game cam the morning after i filled my tag and found to giant bucks on it. not bad for a one night deal. both in the 150 plus range and i really want to put my hands on those horns. looking for ideas. would a snare over hay be unethical, lol. jk.
Title: Re: shed catcher
Post by: mkcj on December 15, 2010, 10:10:31 PM: I'm going to put mine up next week I will post a picture when I get back. There just a 12x12x12 box with a 9x9in hole in top. Buck tries to get feed out when it's near the bottom and antlers are knocked off. Well that's the hopes anyway
Title: Re: shed catcher
Post by: robodad on December 15, 2010, 10:14:46 PM: I have heard a tire works well too :dunno:
Title: Re: shed catcher
Post by: wastickslinger on December 15, 2010, 10:15:29 PM: Just hope you dont show up to a buck with his head stuck in your box starving cause his antlers wont pop off. I have thought about making one but I cant get over the fact that I might cause harm to a deer by accidentally getting one tangled up big time. :dunno: Not bashing you just curious how you prevent it.
Title: Re: shed catcher
Post by: d_wilson on December 15, 2010, 10:25:57 PM: http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,41429.45.html (http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,41429.45.html)
Title: Re: shed catcher
Post by: GEARHEAD on December 16, 2010, 11:09:00 AM: I'm thinking the antlers do not enter the box, but fall to the outside. if there still hard the buck simply wont get in, if they are loose he'll knock em off to feed. thats my thinking anyways. thats the design i'm going with.
Title: Re: shed catcher
Post by: jackelope on December 16, 2010, 11:10:35 AM: Quote from: wastickslinger on December 15, 2010, 10:15:29 PM
Just hope you dont show up to a buck with his head stuck in your box starving cause his antlers wont pop off. I have thought about making one but I cant get over the fact that I might cause harm to a deer by accidentally getting one tangled up big time. :dunno: Not bashing you just curious how you prevent it.

also a concern is knocking the antlers off prematurely.
Title: Re: shed catcher
Post by: 400out on December 16, 2010, 11:13:59 AM: Let us know how it works ;) maybe put a cam up next to it and turn it to video, might give you a litle insight as to how much trouble a deer is having with your set up :twocents:
Title: Re: shed catcher
Post by: PolarBear on December 16, 2010, 11:20:54 AM: Pile up a ton of branches at the base of a big tree, throw hay into the pile of branches. Fences work well for jarring loose antlers if they have to jump over it to get to where they want to go.
Title: Re: shed catcher
Post by: Houndhunter on December 16, 2010, 12:24:51 PM: Quote from: PolarBear on December 16, 2010, 11:20:54 AM
Pile up a ton of branches at the base of a big tree, throw hay into the pile of branches. Fences work well for jarring loose antlers if they have to jump over it to get to where they want to go.
thats how i find alot of sheds on the east side, i just walk the fence lines
Title: Re: shed catcher
Post by: bullseeker on December 20, 2010, 06:47:29 PM: Just a thought, I would feel more satisfaction if I found them naturally then if I had rig up something to my advantage. Just my 2 cents.
Title: Re: shed catcher
Post by: Kain on December 20, 2010, 07:48:09 PM: Setting traps to catch shed deer antlers w/ Outdoor Insights (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K6JS8VdpvQ#)

Caught on film - My Homemade Antler Catch (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMJmX9trDhc#)

Caught on film - Buck getting stuck on Bungees at the antler catch!!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCg6bx0sIzc#)