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Offline dukkillr

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Shed Hunt:
« on: March 13, 2008, 06:40:15 PM »
I had about an hour to kill after building turkey blinds yesterday.  I found this match pair of sheds about 20 yards from each other.  Each side was a base 5 with 1 non-typical point.  Good mass, great length.


About 200 yards farther I found this guy.  It has a broken brow or it would boast 10 score-able points.  It has 8 typical points and 2 stickers.  I looked until dark and couldn't find the mate.  I'll probably try again Saturday.  I love KS deer.
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Re: Shed Hunt:
« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2008, 10:19:07 PM »
 ;D NICE!!!!!
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Re: Shed Hunt:
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2008, 10:35:37 AM »
Nice find Duk!!!! But, really, we are really bored. I hate the off season!!!!!!

 Actually, they are nice antlers!!!!!!    I would scout some this summer..........
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Re: Shed Hunt:
« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2008, 10:44:22 AM »
That 10 is going to be a PIG,keep an eye out for him!
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Re: Shed Hunt:
« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2008, 10:57:57 AM »
  Agree with Nonya. He will be a bruiser!!! Note his patterns and habits. They won't change.
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Re: Shed Hunt:
« Reply #5 on: March 14, 2008, 10:59:45 AM »
Quote from: NONYA on March 14, 2008, 10:44:22 AM
That 10 is going to be a PIG,keep an eye out for him!

I know.  And the sheds were all found around a pretty thick bedding area surrounded by Ag.  I would expect both deer to be in the same area next fall.  There is NO hunting or human pressure in the immediate area. 
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« Reply #6 on: March 14, 2008, 11:03:00 AM »
  Good luck my friend. Don't tell a soul!!!! But keep me informed........
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Re: Shed Hunt:
« Reply #7 on: March 20, 2008, 04:22:37 AM »
Nice find.   Also a little extra reason to hunt that area next season.   Congrats...
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Re: Shed Hunt:
« Reply #8 on: March 20, 2008, 04:34:40 AM »
around here that's a HONEY HOLE !
just to be safe maybe you should post the GPS #'s ..............
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Re: Shed Hunt:
« Reply #9 on: March 20, 2008, 09:29:32 AM »
What round would you consider minimum for hunting sheds?
Anything that will hit the broad side of a barn?

Seriously nice antlers. It's amazing what you can find in the woods.
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Re: Shed Hunt:
« Reply #10 on: March 20, 2008, 09:46:42 AM »
very nice.  with all the time i have spent in the woods, and all the bruisers i have crossed tracks with, i have never found a shed.    and i have looked.    they are nice trophies. 
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Re: Shed Hunt:
« Reply #11 on: March 20, 2008, 10:02:57 AM »
This far south with critters like mice, squirrels and such that eat them sheds don't last long. Since those critters are able to remain active all winter long they've pretty much eaten up the sheds by the time most folks up north begin looking for them.

I've run across a few but darn few and never that weren't at least partially eaten already. The most preserved I've found was a skull from a cowhorn spike I ran across once and brought home. They don't really last long in the southern woods.
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Re: Shed Hunt:
« Reply #12 on: March 20, 2008, 01:05:02 PM »
GB is correct abt. them not lasting in the South, I have my best luck finding them along fence lines where they seem to fall off when the deer JUMP the fences the jaring of the horns when the deer hits the ground seems to hasten the shed falling.   JIM
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Re: Shed Hunt:
« Reply #13 on: March 20, 2008, 03:16:43 PM »
Found half of an eight point the other day, but nothing like those.
Nice Find !
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Re: Shed Hunt:
« Reply #14 on: March 21, 2008, 05:31:20 AM »
They don't last long in the north either if you have squirrels around.  I saw a small buck 4 days ago that still hadn't dropped his antlers, and a few others 10 days ago with antlers.  Haven't found any sheds yet this year.
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Re: Shed Hunt:
« Reply #15 on: March 21, 2008, 07:20:43 AM »
Some of the guys around here claim that if you put out corn and hang a ladder over it the deer will knock their racks off while eating , some use their treestands . Anyone do this ?
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Re: Shed Hunt:
« Reply #16 on: April 30, 2008, 10:05:19 AM »
 Myronman, you need to get further north and you will find sheds. In Birchwood they just get hunted so hard. I used to hunt Red River and Wttenburg and never found one. Vilas county should be good and the western UP might be better. I find them in Price county once in a while and even found one in Washington county last year on public land so ya never know.
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