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Deer shades

Unread postby Airborne » Fri Feb 23, 2018 7:55 am

Has anyone seen deer drop their sheds yet or I'm just a bad shed hunter. I took my son out walked all kinds of trails, saw robs next to them foung number of beds but no antlers.


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Re: Deer shades

Unread postby Dewey » Fri Feb 23, 2018 8:08 am

I assume you mean SHEDS. ;)

They are not as easy to find as many believe. I spend as much time as anybody outdoors and have only found 8 in my lifetime. Never really looking for them and usually find them by accident in or near bedding areas.
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Unread postby Airborne » Fri Feb 23, 2018 8:19 am

Thank you. Do you or anyone seeing deer drop them yet? I leave in northern Illinois.
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Unread postby <DK> » Fri Feb 23, 2018 8:57 am

2 weeks ago saw many pics of bucks still holding both sides. Getting reports of them starting to drop now. Past few seasons they have been holding until now actually. Maybe the mild winters?
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Unread postby Airborne » Fri Feb 23, 2018 9:04 am

Thank you!
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Re: Deer shades

Unread postby Rob loper » Fri Feb 23, 2018 10:41 am

Airborne wrote:Thank you. Do you or anyone seeing deer drop them yet? I leave in northern Illinois.



My video on my january 18th video i have a hornless buck come in just out of shooting distance and that was january 18th. And my scouting trip last week i found a shed on field edge so yea they are shedding but they are hard to find
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Re: Deer shades

Unread postby ghoasthunter » Fri Feb 23, 2018 11:06 am

I have had good luck finding sheds this year not so much I found one December 26 then nothing I'm finding a lot of big buck beds but sheds not so good I don't know if its because a tone of bucks were shot in my areas this year of if they dropped right after gun season in thick nasty holes they hide in that time of year. probably both for me but I'm still trying. I know if I can find another ill be back in the game. I thought it was just me but a lot of people I talk to are not finding them this year. our herd is going down every year and in the game of odds that's not helping.
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Re: Deer shades

Unread postby Airborne » Sun Feb 25, 2018 4:00 am

I actually saw some bucks yesterday still with antlers.
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Unread postby Killtree » Sun Feb 25, 2018 4:48 am

I have found 5 so far this year.
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Re: Deer shades

Unread postby Tennhunter3 » Mon Feb 26, 2018 1:46 am

Haven't seen any yet most of the bucks I am seeing still have horns.

The bucks should be dropping them here soon.
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Re: Deer shades

Unread postby JoeRE » Mon Feb 26, 2018 2:30 am

Around here about 80-90% have dropped, almost all the older bucks have dropped. The second round of cold weather and snow we had a couple weeks ago shook a lot of them loose. But they are still hard to find. I haven't found any yet but that's not surprising cuz I haven't looked much....


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