I finally found a shed

thecfarm · January 24, 2019, 02:05:50 PM

May not be a big deal to some,but it's the first one for me. Kinda looks like a witches first finger,knuckle and all. ;D Not a pretty one,but it counts. I am always looking,but have never had the luck to find one.
As some of you might of seen my thread,feeding the deer,I've been doing it for 20 years. Them critters have some well beaten paths to follow into the bog and woods.

Chuck White · January 24, 2019, 04:01:48 PM

I've only ever found one, Ray!

The one I found had 3 points, and that was probably 20 years ago!

WV Sawmiller · January 24, 2019, 05:39:39 PM

I only found part of one also in Albany Ga when I was stationed there. It was pretty well chewed and I understand the squirrels and such eat them up pretty quickly so if you don't find them fresh shed they disappear quickly.

hacknchop · January 24, 2019, 10:54:28 PM

I have always been on the lookout for sheds when I'm working and walking around our place never found one . I now have a 13 yr old grandson who wants to build a little cabin back behind the house a ways so I took him and my wife for a walk to show them a nice spot and she says to me as were walking back "hey Terry what's that" and yup our first shed , I've been trying to find one since I first came here when I was 19 she finds one first time out and wasn't even looking for one.

sawguy21 · January 25, 2019, 12:36:08 AM

So I'm a little slow, it took me a while to figure out what you were talking about. ;D

garyfg · January 25, 2019, 11:04:09 AM

Found one in a front tractor tire raking hay.

DDW_OR · January 25, 2019, 12:41:43 PM

train your dog to find the sheds.

Hilltop366 · January 25, 2019, 12:45:42 PM

Quote from: sawguy21 on January 25, 2019, 12:36:08 AM
So I'm a little slow, it took me a while to figure out what you were talking about. ;D

Me too, my first thought was "he has a saw mill, why doesn't he just build a shed?"

thecfarm · January 25, 2019, 03:29:09 PM

A deer horn,is what I meant

mike_belben · January 25, 2019, 08:17:57 PM

as in shed antlers.

Ive never found a shed but have found probably 4 whole deer from coyotes. One was a nice six, he donated them for my rattlers.

JPMcCullum · January 25, 2019, 08:58:57 PM

That's awesome! I manage to find a pretty good pile every year. It's one of my favorite things to do outside of hunting season. South facing hillsides and fence and creek crossings are tried and true places to find them.

DDW_OR · January 26, 2019, 02:51:17 AM

good to know. there are a couple 5x5 and a 6x6 elk in this area

thecfarm · February 07, 2019, 06:27:21 PM

I mentioned in another thread about seeing a deer with one horn!! Quite a sight it is. I was doing my nightly feeding and thought I only saw one horn,but I could not get the light on him before he took off. I had today off so I went and fed them,hoping he would come out and he did.
First time I find a shed,first time I ever seen a deer with one horn.

WV Sawmiller · February 07, 2019, 06:58:39 PM

I studied wildlife biology at AU and we had a series of sheds from a buck they had in the pen there. They had 10-12 years worth from small uneven spikes to big 8&10 points around the 3 & 4 year mark. He may have had 12 or more points later but the size of the main beams actually got smaller. One neat feature was he had a unique symmetry with a bit of an odd twist to his main beams. Even though the number of points varied and the size of the main beams varied, remember this was a pen raised deer with all he wanted to eat so no competition for food like in the wild, the same twist was present every year.

thecfarm · February 08, 2019, 08:35:33 AM

I think he is hornless now. I found another shed!! 8)
In the other thread about feeding the deer,I dropped some maples down for firewood. I took some of the big wood and left the tops for the deer. I kinda figured he would get rooting around and it would fall off.

This was a much bettter one,4 points.

Texas Ranger · February 08, 2019, 09:25:34 AM

I have on occasion over the years found complete deer skeletons in the woods, more often just skulls. Many sheds, many of which show rodent carving.

Wudman · February 08, 2019, 10:29:03 AM

I have a beagle that probably brought 15 drops into the yard last year. She loved finding them. Unfortunately, she got after the neighbors chickens about a year ago and I can't let her free-range now. I have about 5 acres inside an underground fence and she will still find one on occasion inside of that.

Wudman

mike_belben · February 08, 2019, 07:30:40 PM

My sheds ran off today. I had a buck head sitting in the yard that the coyotes fished thru a little hole in the fence. They must be hungry cuz that thing stunk.

starmac · February 12, 2019, 05:16:33 PM

I have found them, more elk than deer, but never actively hunted them. I knew several people that would spend a few weeks every year camped and gathering sheds, they earned pretty good money for them. The one I knew best rode horse back on a little mare and had a dog that found them for him.

Klicker · February 13, 2019, 11:12:17 AM

The first one I found on my own land was in the rear tire of my tractor :D :D not. I noticed it when I got sprayed when driving.

MacDiarmada7 · March 22, 2019, 10:57:24 PM

Greetings, My favorite way to go shed hunting especially this time of year is to accompany my Akita {oscar-mike} into the lower mountains and hike the ridges and canyons. there is still snow and a lot of mud so it makes tracking Elk very easy. I get onto some fresh BIG tracks =Bull tracks and follow them keeping an eye out while watching my K-9's behavior. I usually find fresh sheds on the sunny south facing sides of canyons. Or on the flat tops and benches above the canyons . A wonderful way to spend a early spring day.
Just remember to bring a lg duffle bag and some big dog treats !!!

*Congratulations Cfarm*

thecfarm · March 25, 2019, 07:37:44 AM

I found another one. Nothing great,but it is stil a shed. Just a curved horn,nopoints. This was where I feed the deer. Lucky my dog did not find it!!! That would make the 3rd one. Wed I would like to follow the trails. Never had no luck in past years. But maybe this is the year. Been doing good this year.

Texas Ranger · March 25, 2019, 09:40:11 AM

Best find I have had was an entire buck skeleton still articulated, why the hogs and coyotes never got it was a surprise to me.

DDW_OR · March 25, 2019, 12:30:29 PM

Quote from: thecfarm on February 07, 2019, 06:27:21 PM
I mentioned in another thread about seeing a deer with one horn!! Quite a sight it is. I was doing my nightly feeding and thought I only saw one horn,but I could not get the light on him before he took off. I had today off so I went and fed them,hoping he would come out and he did.
First time I find a shed,first time I ever seen a deer with one horn.

here is a spike elk with one up and one down
probably got bent when in Velvet.

thecfarm · March 25, 2019, 02:16:12 PM

Now that is different.
Just to be clear,one horn had fell off and one horn was still on. I had been watching him and each night I would tell him to drop his horns where I was feeding him to show some appreciation. :D Than I saw him with one horn. This was in reply#14. I cut down a maple tree and I thought I would get the horn and I did. I figured he would get into the limbs and knock the horn off.