need some help

[victorvan13]

i am from Colorado, and am new to this site. i have always picked up deer sheds while hunting, but i just started going out looking for them this year since i got my licence. i have went out 3 times so far wlaking five to ten miles each day. i have found 8 sheds and 1 dead buck. but only 1 of the sheds is from this year. i do not have a problem with finding old ones, but i would like to find some fresh ones. i have read many common hints, but any other ones would be well appreciated. my area has some great bucks, but i just dont think it has the numbers as some of the other places u guys hunt. on thing about it, i am about the only crazy person in my area because no one else around hear looks for antlers. my area is flat, farmland/pasteur, with hardly any trees. i have been looking in the small tree groups there are figuring that would be the likely spots. the deer are all over the trees during hunting seasons but most not be in there when the shed. any help for probably the only kid doing this sort of thing?

 

[MULIES4EVER]

FIRST OF ALL YOU WANT TO BE LOOKING IN AREAS THAT YOU SEE DEER WINTERING IN. IF YOUR NOT SEEING DEER MOVE TO WHERE YOU DO SEE THEM. ALSO IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF OPEN COUNTRY, GET TO A VANTAGE POINT AND SIT DOWN AND GLASS. LET YOUR EYES DO THE WALKING AND YOU WILL COVER MORE AREA FASTER. LOOK IN BEDDING AREAS AND IF THERE ARE HIGH TRAFFIC GAME TRAILS TAKE A WALK ON THEM.

 

[fossilman]

You will get better at it has years go on..................Some years are really bad..........

 

[shedhunternb]

Yes the longer you stay at it ,the better you get at finding them. I don't know anything about your area ,so don't have much info. Just study the deer herds in your area,and time in the field, are two areas to start with. And the very best of luck to you.

 

[B&CMulies]

In my experiences you will only get better with time in your searching habbits however, here are a few things that help me out. Watch and see where the deer winter at or are located in February. YOu are on the right track looking in the bedding areas but don't forget those places that they feed. Check game trails and don't forget your Binos. Getting up high on rocks or trees will help you to spot more sheds and will save your legs. If all else fails, walk walk walk but don't waste your time in areas with heavy ground cover.

 

[victorvan13]

thanks for the info guys, i will use it next time i go out. i always bring my binos, but hardly ever use them. i scared up 15 deer last time i went out, and they went straight for a corn field, as they ran through it another one stood up in the middle of the field. i plan on walking that whole feild next time i go out. it will be the first time i try a corn field. the bad thing is i am going to have to walk every 5 rows or so. i did talk to a farmer, and he said last year about this time he blew a tire on his tractor in a sorn field, so that is giving me some encouragement. i did measure my biggest shed of the year, and it was a 66 inch mule deer.

 

[victorvan13]

lol, left a peice of that last one out. the farmer told me that he got out to see what happened, and that there was an antler sticking out of the flat tire. what a waste of a perfectly good shed.