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Shed hunting tips and suggestions?

I've never had much luck hunting sheds. Those of you who regularly find sheds, what advice can you share?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    You have to look where the deer spend most of their time(bedding areas). Places that they have to jump(fences, streams) can sometimes be really good. Go out just after it rains, the antlers will glisten, making them easier to spot. Wear polarized sunglasses, they seem to help me anyway. Don't look for the whole antler, look for pieces (tips, forks). Even if you don't find any, it's still fun just to be out in the woods.

  • 1 decade ago

    Here's something you may find useful. Take a 5 gallon bucket. Fill it with corn or some other deer feed. Drive 3 or 4 steel fence posts equally spaced around the bucket. Leave the top of the posts 2 or 2 1/2 feet above the top of the bucket. When a deer with loose antlers tries to eat the corn, he will knock his antlers off on one of the posts. Visit the bucket every couple of days to pick up the 'sheds' and fill the bucket with feed again. Try placing a few of these in spots with lots of deer, and you will be the envy of every horn hunter in the woods.

  • 1 decade ago

    i agree with the first answer...i've never been shed hunting but i did go by accident lol

  • 1 decade ago

    usually look for them to be on the ground. it's hard to open a door when there in the trees.

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