There’s still plenty of time to search for deer antlers this spring before the heat, green and bugs of summer take over and you’d rather be sitting on a beach or in a boat than hiking through the woods. As you hunt the woods for sheds and scout along the way, remember to focus most of your efforts in key areas so you don’t waste precious time in less-productive spots. Bedding areas need to be one of the top spots to check out, since deer spend a large majority of their time bedded during the winter – especially in colder climates. Here are a few tips to keep in mind when hunting for those dropped deer antlers.
Learn the best tips for deer shed hunting in these advice articles from Deer & Deer Hunting. You’ll find stories and about how to find deer shed antlers, how to train deer shed dogs to find antlers, and get advice from the top shed hunters in the country.
Browse our top tips for deer antler shed hunting below.
Category: Shed Hunting
Learn the best tips for deer shed hunting in these advice articles from Deer & Deer Hunting. You’ll find stories and about how to find deer shed antlers, how to train deer shed dogs to find antlers, and get advice from the top shed hunters in the country.
Browse our top tips for deer antler shed hunting below.
Where to Find Deer Antler Sheds: Feeding Areas
One of the first things a shed hunter realizes about searching for deer antler sheds is that you’re charged with covering an infinite amount of space with a finite amount of free time. No one has time to look by every tree, the trick becomes maximizing the time you have by focusing on the best spots.
Top 10 Strategies to Find More Deer Shed Antlers
When you’re ready for winter to end so you can get out and hunt for deer antler sheds, you want to make sure that you don’t waste precious miles and time searching in the wrong areas. Be sure to read through these 10 deer antler shed hunting tips from an expert shed hunter.
Get Ready for the World’s Largest Shed Hunt
Get ready, because this coming weekend, March 10-11, you can join the world’s largest shed hunt during Shed Rally 2018. Organized by Whitetail Properties, the fourth annual weekend event encourages folks to get out and hunt for some shed antlers, and simply to enjoy the outdoors as spring approaches.
5 Hot Locations to Find More Shed Antlers
To find more shed whitetail antlers you need to look in antler-hot locations where deer will frequent or use going from one spot to another. Here are five top areas to snoop for more bone in your backpack.
Shed Hunting, the Fast Track to Herd Inventory
Nobody loves to inventory a business’ goods, but when you’re spring shed hunting a herd inventory is in order. As you walk the whitetail woods be on the lookout for clues that reveal the health of your herd. To begin with, shed hunting allows you to visually see future buck potential. The sheds you find […]
Shed Hunting Evidence You Can’t Ignore
Everyone loves to pick up a big shed whitetail antler during a cabin-fever hike, but if you’re a hunter don’t ignore the smoking-hot evidence in the whitetail woods. You can cure cabin fever and scout your whitetail property simultaneously for a hunting season jumpstart.
The Best Way to Find More Shed Antlers
If you want to find more shed antlers you have to search where whitetails congregate and you need to put boots on the ground. In addition to these two simple elements you can up your antler game and gain by incorporating a common piece of hunting equipment. No, it’s not an ATV to ride around […]
Bring Man’s Best Friend and Find More Shed Antlers
Man’s best friend is also your best friend, especially if you enjoy picking up shed antlers. Think about it, antlers are just bone, albeit the most amazing bone in the animal kingdom. Can you grow a new hunk of bone annually? That bone has appeal to your best friend whether it is a trained antler […]
Proof of How Shed Hunting Can Help Your Deer Hunting
The antler didn’t stand out at the time I picked it up on a steep, South Dakota hillside. I do recall the unique, curving brow tine that split for a double-brow appearance. Other than that the antler disappeared in my bin alongside thousands of other antlers I’ve picked up over the years. Two years later […]