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Has anybody found any sheds yet?
I’ve been looking during my recent turkey/squirrel hunts, with no luck. I know it’s early.
I haven’t checked my game cams lately to see if bucks still have antlers. I mean, I know plenty still do. Just wondering what you all are seeing out there?
Also, check out this good story on shed hunting with dogs from Gun Dog magazine.
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While growing up in rural Southern Oregon, Mark Taylor developed a passion for the outdoors while he and his younger brother tagged along with their father on fishing, hunting and camping adventures.
Graduating from Northwestern University in 1988, Taylor spent four years as an officer in the U.S. Navy based in Norfolk before moving into journalism.
After five years writing about the military for a Norfolk-based publishing company, he became the outdoors editor at The Roanoke Times in 1998. He lives in Roanoke with his wife and twin daughters.
I checked my trail camera this past weekend and had 8 bucks that all still had their antlers. Im going to keep this camera going till they have lost them and then Im going to start shed hunting hard core!
2nd week in jan last year. Me and my wife found a 9pt shed set while squirrel hunting. And the very next weekend found a small 4 point shed. I helpt skin a deer the last weekend in dec this season and was a small buck that shed both antlers lookt like a spike size. I have found spike sheds in dec before a couple of times. I dont think its to early but aslo you dont want to drive the deer out of the area. I found its best to wait tell first of march.
This coming wind might blow some antlers off a few heads!
I found a new eight point shed on December 28, but I also have trail camera pictures from last week of an 8 and 10 point still with both antlers.
I’ve been in the woods quite a bit the last few weeks. Haven’t found any sheds but I did see a batchelor group of 5 bucks….. all wearing antlers!
Theres a mature buck in salem/roanoke city line that has shed both already.