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Post by BuckMaster on Jan 11, 2007 14:50:35 GMT -5
Anyone have any good tips for looking for sheds? I never really been "shed hunting" but have found a few nice ones while scouting in the summer.
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Post by jlwade on Jan 11, 2007 17:34:53 GMT -5
This is a great addition to the site ive only found a few sheds but ill enjoy seeing pics from other people that theyve found. Anybody seen the March issue of Deer and Deer Hunting? They have a pretty good article about guided shed hunts up in canada for 250$ a day i think the author found over 40 sheds on a three day hunt.
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Post by Hardcorehunter on Jan 11, 2007 21:16:55 GMT -5
I read that article. Its like the newest thing outfitters are offering after the season ends to bring in more money. I think its a great idea! I have been out several times looking and only found them when I wasn't looking. Every antler has a story and a pretty good hunch the buck will survive till next year and be even bigger. I always get distracted by finding new deer sign I never saw during the season. I wind uo forgetting about antlers and concentrating on where the deer paths lead. And I got lost for like four hours last year wondering around in unfamiliar woods, wound up like five miles from where I started. (I now own a gps so that won't happen again)
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Post by nybuckstalker on Jan 12, 2007 16:21:47 GMT -5
I find most sheds while turkey hunting. Sometimes my wife goes with me in February. Shed hunting is closest thing to hunting I can get her to do. If you kids, get them in the corn fields where you saw deer all year. Or, you can cheat and make a shed trap.
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Post by THE DEER HUNTER on Jan 12, 2007 16:58:34 GMT -5
Never heard of a shed trap. What is that?
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Post by jlwade on Jan 12, 2007 17:07:58 GMT -5
Ive heard that you stake down some wire in a "W" shape over a corn pile and they will knock their ready to be shed rack off but they wont get tangled up in the wire never seen one but ive heard guys talk about it before
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Post by nybuckstalker on Jan 12, 2007 17:50:33 GMT -5
That’s all it is, chicken wire over a bait pile. They would use them up in New York. The snow is usually two feet deep there this time of year and the bucks are so desperate for food they will stick their head anywhere. I don't know if they work as well down here because of that reason. Again, I never used them. I was concerned about injury to the deer.
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Post by Hardcorehunter on Jan 12, 2007 21:06:26 GMT -5
The antler trap sounds very interesting. My trail cams havn't shown a mature buck in my corn since before shotgun season. Lots of little ones though. I wonder if that trap really works?
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Post by nybuckstalker on Jan 14, 2007 17:58:33 GMT -5
www.iowaoutdoors.org/article.php/20020214115603594Try this site. It talks about a simple trap made by driving three sections of 3' rebar into the ground 12" deep, in a triangle approximately 16" apart, give or take. Then place corn in the center. The guy doesn't really know himself it works but it looks cheap and easy.
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Post by mossberg500 on Dec 17, 2007 16:55:55 GMT -5
any one know around the best time to start making traps and setting them in teh woods would be?
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Post by Hardcorehunter on Dec 17, 2007 20:06:36 GMT -5
I would say mid to late January and keep them baited until march. I did three last year at different spots and never got one antler. I stopped kind of early though. A lot of money in corn to be be feeding the deer when you can't hunt them.
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Post by bucksathome on Dec 17, 2007 20:13:44 GMT -5
I have found lots of sheds while turkey scouting or t--- hunting. but usually have mice damage. Best time i hear is in late FEBRUARY.
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Post by bucksathome on Feb 11, 2008 21:30:28 GMT -5
It is now about that time , i,m still getting buck pics on my deer cam!! Should be dropping soon.
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