I found a fresh one on December 17th (the Sunday of the last gun weekend). A buddy of mine saw two bucks on Friday; one had dropped one of its antlers and the other buck had lost both antlers and was bleeding from the pedicles.

 

Driving to my dads Friday night and seen an eight point still holding both sides. It was definately a beautiful deer! :!

 

I know of couple people back home who have found a few so far.

 

I saw 4 bucks in the park last week and all still had both sides.

 

We haven't found any sheds, but we found 2 dead bucks on our property. One was a small 8 and the other was a small 5, but had a decent rack for a young deer. These two bucks were not shot on our property, but we know where they are and will collect the racks around turkey season once they've rotted out.

 

2 early unless your watching a specific deer and you know he dropped,,,,,,,,,stay out till mid march for your best areas and wait till end of Febuary at least before you walk or burn yourself out

 

After the season is over, is it safe to parade through areas looking for sheds where I know for sure deer, and in particular bucks, lay down during the day. Do I run a chance of ruining the area for next season? What about my whole hunting area in general? I don't want to spook the herd off my property and screw up my bowhunting for next season. Sorry I'm a noob and not very good at this shed hunting business.

 

Shed's still attached in the Dayton area. Brother in law just shot a nice 8 pt locked up with a bigger 9 pt (dead) two days ago. Can't believe their still fighting. Got a carcass tag for the 9. Lucky Dog!

 

any pics of those bucks?

 

If you go into an area that a big buck is using now, say a small woodlot or concentrated food source to look for sheds that are still attched to a deer, then you stand the chance of bumbing him onto the neighbors proerty or into a lager area that may make it harder to find his sheds. Wait till you know he has droped them or mid march. This is if your after a big buck and know he is in a specific area. Sheds are easiest to find if a deer is in winter feeding paterns, bed to feed, same route every nite. Pray for hard winter and rain in March

 

I just saw three bucks with all their antlers still.

 

my trail cam pics are about 50-50 between shedding and holding....they are starting to drop good now though...one buck i have been watching for a month is only holding one side as of two days ago and the bigger one that showed up only a week or two ago is still holding

 

Found the right side of a nice ten point shed while rabbit hunting on Saturday. I always seem to find them when I am not looking for them. Not sure how long it had been off but it did have some snow over it so I am guessing at least a week or two.

 

dropping in NW ohio

J

 

Coming into my feed pile is 11 full racks,3 half racks and 3 fully shed bucks.

 

i just seen a buck about 4-5 days ago mabey less cant rember but it was in meander lake area it had 3 does with it so i think you guys are going to have to wait a long time befor going out and hunting

 

A buddy of mine sent these pics of a match somebody found where he works. They are huge!

 

That second pic freaked me out!!! Nice sheds though.

 

just trying to protect the ranger. I agree that it is eye-catching though! haha

 

Michael Jackson working as a ranger now! Looks like he found some nice sheds!