Shed hunting

[mallardmasher1]

i have been looking every were but i only found one a small 3 point shed who got something

[rushcreekganderlander]

Two of my cousins each found basket rack fours...I'm gonna give it a whirl this weekend while runnin the beagles.

[GolfCourseGooseKiller]

I've had decent luck this year, nothing huge, but a few nice sets. Look at the NASHC website at www.shedantlers.org for more shed hunting information/great pictures.

[hotshott2289]

saturday night i glassed a field and it still had 4 good bucks wiht antlers so ill prolly give it at least two more weekends.. plus the snow needs to melt off.

[Mark Spence]

I'll be out as soon as the snow melts...scouting turkeys and shed hunting!!! We still have over 12" of snow around home...FUN FUN!!!

[SBE II]

My buddy found the other side of his half rack that he shot, someone had blew the other side off, they scored it and its a 8 point 146. Pretty cool

[Smashfest]

ya i've had a pretty good year so far..... the first one is half of a 12 scored like 65 3/8.... the second one is a road kill I found, scored 137 4/8..... the next is a set of a 10, it scored 156 2/8 i gave him like a 17 inch insid spread...... last one scored 191 3/8.....All found in Illinois forest preserves!




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[Quackaddict9]

The last two are bruisers!

[Mark Spence]

ya i've had a pretty good year so far..... the first one is half of a 12 scored like 65 3/8.... the second one is a road kill I found, scored 137 4/8..... the next is a set of a 10, it scored 156 2/8 i gave him like a 17 inch insid spread...... last one scored 191 3/8.....All found in Illinois forest preserves!




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Did you say you needed a hunting partner next year??? :lol: Have equipment, will travel!!! :twisted:

Those last two are huge bucks!!! I have never found any sheds like that...maybe a 115 or 120, but never anything over that! WOW!!!!

[Smashfest]

the only problem is that their in forest preserves.... cant shoot those deer unless ur ballsy as hell :shock:

[GolfCourseGooseKiller]

be careful, i'm not sure if it's a statewide law, but i learned the hard way that you cannot remove shed antlers from cook county forest preserves. I had a 85" side relieved from my posession 3 years ago.

[feltz]

im pretty brave/dumb put me on spot.. lol :lol:

[jaysweet]

I have heard the same thing about shed huting on public land. But like you it was cook county property, tons of goofy rules.

[Smashfest]

Trust me I know the roads where you can walk out with 15 horns with you and I know the roads that you have to stash them in the woods and drive your truck up to them and get them.... we've played that game with a lady at a nature park... needless to say she couldn't run as fast i could!!

[grinder]

totzke21, great finds.. congrats

[GolfCourseGooseKiller]

I have heard the same thing about shed huting on public land. But like you it was cook county property, tons of goofy rules.
And lake county is even worse, don't even think about going into forest preserves around barrington/hoffman estates area. They'll be on your ass as soon as you're observed walking off of designated trails.

[lostxp]

this is last year 1 day 25 mi @ 10000+ ft i have only found 1 from last year so far this year i will keep posting pics of what i find. i love to shed hunt as much as waterfoul hunting

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this was in sept. bow hunting look on my back there is a huge 5 point on the pack frame

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2 guys 1 day

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[kingkilla]

u guys should take lessons from the kurt and joel lemke here is iowa. there was a story in outdoor life about then and how many they find.

[straitmeatshooter]

u guys should take lessons from the kurt and joel lemke here is iowa. there was a story in outdoor life about then and how many they find.

I saw that, it was incredible. They had like 50,000 inches of antler.

[timberkiller]

i have only found a little antlers

[Bigslugger]

I went out today and in the back of our lot I found a deer that was killed by some coyotes. Very interesting considering it was extremely injured 4 days ago when I saw it

[wbfowler777]

nice lookin sheds

[Gary]

Trust me I know the roads where you can walk out with 15 horns with you and I know the roads that you have to stash them in the woods and drive your truck up to them and get them.... we've played that game with a lady at a nature park... needless to say she couldn't run as fast i could!! :lol: :lol: :lol: i know that feeling o to well , they post an article in the paper almost every year about how if it is park property u'll be fined for removin antlers !

[Gary]

i still see more with then without horns , we had 2 good days when the snow was melted then it snowed again . i might get out this week end. %90 of the ones we get are around peoples bird feeders . just gotta get to them before they refill the feeder :oops: :oops: :oops:

[snortwheez]

Nice find's, been dropping here for quite sometime now and managed to get out once with NO find's but a bud of mine has found 11 so far. I'll be hitting the fields and woods hard towards the end of March.

[johnboysmh]

ive found 6 so far, my buddy found a nice set as well
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[HRK]

This considered a shed?..lol

Found it during our regular goose season, funny thing is I hunted the same exact location 4 days prior and it wasnt there then. Bet the guy that stuck it is bummin, kritters sure got it quick.

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[mallardmasher1]

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Heres the collection the big set is a 150 class buck and some smaller ones

[snortwheez]

Nice finds guys! Been out once for acouple hrs with no luck, try again this week. Bud has found 27 so far in his area.

[KShonker]

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I found these three last weekend. Plan on doing alot of walking over Spring Break.

[Killer Miller]

u guys should take lessons from the kurt and joel lemke here is iowa. there was a story in outdoor life about then and how many they find.

I saw that, it was incredible. They had like 50,000 inches of antler.

I texted Joel yesterday and he said his dad and him have found 199 sheds already this year. He said they found a matched set of a main frame 12 point that scored 205 inches giving it an 1 inch spread. So it was probably even a little bigger on the deer because the spread was more than likely wider than 18 inches.

[Smashfest]

WOW... that a lot of bone!!! does he look in Iowa mostly or Illinois too? **** maybe even more states and even provinces....

[hotshott2289]

found a matching set from a 150 Ten pointer and a couple smaller ones.. im going to be doing alot of looking over spring break if im not hunting snows

[Killer Miller]

WOW... that a lot of bone!!! does he look in Iowa mostly or Illinois too? **** maybe even more states and even provinces....

Southern Iowa and only southern Iowa. Joel's dad, Kurt, is a waterfowl guide and leases tons of land. They also guide deer and turkey hunts so they lease land for that as well.

[BigR]

Awesome Pics! Keep em coming!

This is something I have always tried, but never have had any luck at it.

I've read the articles on hotspots, etc. I ran into a guy the other day out by my work I saw walking along the road and he had so many damn sheds that he was having trouble carrying them. He was finding them all along a big fenceline...I can't figure if its from the deer jumping the fence and they fall off or if they purposely come up and knock em off?