I keep track of where the bucks are in the antler shedding phase, without bothering them. Then I scour those areas come spring. Around here it takes a lot of time and miles and a willingness to go into the thick and nasty places.
Damn
The g2 is about 12”. It’s a huge shed. I’m going back to that area to see if I can find the other half. Here’s the same shed from a different angle:
Based on how quick my dogs used to eat antlers, I'm confident the lower number of sheds around me is from the rise in coyote numbers. I walked right up on one Friday walking. I heard a noise in front of me, looked up and it was still laying down but getting up not 20 yards in front of me. That was a first for me!
. Guess I'm really truly on my own.
As a reminder from post 11 here, I threw an old shed antler into the snow in the backyard in January to see if one my dogs would find it and earn some shed hunting woods time. After 3 days in the 60's here the snow has melted down to about 4" deep out there and the shed is now visible in the yard from the deck. None of the three labs have managed to find it yet . . .
Nice!
