| Hunting for shed antlers is a fun past time come | | | | hunting season. Using this information draw the |
| late winter and early spring to finally get out of | | | | area on paper and mark where you think the |
| the house and doing something again after a long | | | | most traveled areas would be. During this time of |
| winter. While this may sound like a daunting task | | | | the year deer habits and locations don't change |
| to walk around the woods simply to find a shed | | | | much. Now instead of wandering around the |
| deer antler it's really not that hard. If you're | | | | woods hoping to bump into a shed you'll have a |
| already a deer hunter a few benefits exist also in | | | | high percentage area to hunt. Basically you want |
| shed hunting. By covering some ground in this | | | | to hunt the land between their bedding and |
| fashion you will become more intimate with the | | | | feeding areas. |
| area your hunt in the fall and that alone can help | | | | High percentage spots along a trail are areas that |
| you enjoy more success next season. Next, by | | | | could bump a loose antler such as a trail under low |
| finding shed antlers you will get a feel for the size | | | | hanging branches. Other spots may be where |
| of bucks to expect next hunting season and the | | | | deer jump a fence, slough, or creek bank. Hanging |
| areas they frequent. Here are a few basic tips to | | | | vines are another natural obstacle that may grab |
| get started. | | | | a loose antler. Check these areas thoroughly for |
| Time is everything and you don't want to start to | | | | an antler that may be been bumped hard enough |
| early or to late in shed hunting. If the deer are still | | | | to fall. |
| carrying their antlers around successful shed | | | | During the colder months of winter deer will often |
| hunting will be impossible. And if you start to late | | | | bed and feed on southern facing slopes. This is an |
| the squirrels will have already starting chewing on | | | | area that deserves walking out to in order to |
| the antlers. In order to determine if the bucks are | | | | determine where the most deer have been |
| loosing their antlers or not start watching them in | | | | coming from will indicate their bedding area. These |
| the distance through binoculars when they feed | | | | trails are exactly where you want to walk in |
| towards evenings. Another idea is to use trail | | | | search of sheds. |
| cameras. By utilizing these two ideas the best | | | | Good luck shed hunting and note details that could |
| time to start can easily be determined. | | | | help you be more successful the next deer |
| Carefully note where deer have been feeding | | | | hunting season. |
| along with your trail knowledge from the last deer | | | | |