2020 sheds
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catscratch
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Take a shed with you and throw it around. I find a lot of my sheds while looking for the one I threw. It also slows me down some.
Go on wet and cloudy days. I seem to see them better when it's not bright and sunny. I think shadows throw me off.
Found a big one today! This is from the biggest buck on the property. He shed 2-3 weeks ago, and I’ve been searching since then. Found it 30-40 yards off a food plot sitting in some pine straw. He shed the left side a few days later, but I think he lost it around his bedding area not a food source.
Here he was in velvet.
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Here he was in velvet.
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Mennoniteman
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Theres your shooter buck, that's one that should be around for next year. Have you named this particular deer yet?
Mennoniteman
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That's some good antler finding tips that I need to keep in mind for the next time.
The one in the middle is the one I found today. The other two are from big bucks of past years. Tine length doesn’t compare to previous sheds, but the mass is comparable. Always fun to have next season to look forward to. I think he will be 5.5.
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Mennoniteman
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You're really picking me up. What's your method of finding them?We have been finding some great sheds lately.
This is the 2nd biggest matched set I've ever found. Should be a certified giant next season.
These bases are not quite 8" but this is a toad of an 8pt.
John Paul
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This year has been pretty simple. 90% of the fresh sheds have been in greenfields since there isn't much food around right now. The two biggest sets we have found have been in bedding areas. If you don't have any food this time of year you don't have bucks around to drop their antlers I'm afraid.
John Paul
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And like stated above, don't waste your valuable time shed hunting on sunny days. Wait for cloudy days at a minimum and a misty drizzly day even better. But I cannot stress enough that if you don't have any food around your farm right now you probably aren't going to find many sheds.
Patrick
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We have been finding some great sheds lately.
This is the 2nd biggest matched set I've ever found. Should be a certified giant next season.
These bases are not quite 8" but this is a toad of an 8pt.
Wow nice haul man!
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THE LLC
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Found another up and comer today.
Here he was not that long ago.
Is this in a high-fence?
John Paul
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No sir free range Virginia bucks.
John Paul
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Pretty promising trail cam picture for next season Paul
Very promising. Would have been even better if I hadn't found this 4.5YO and 3.5YO dead early in the shed season. But it happens...
