Shed Horn Help

Hornhunter · 02-10-2009, 04:33 PM

What do you look for to find blacktail sheds I was out for hours on saturday I walked the deer trails and checked feeding areas and nothing Any advice or help would be appreciated.

Santiam338 · 02-10-2009, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Hornhunter

What do you look for to find blacktail sheds I was out for hours on saturday I walked the deer trails and checked feeding areas and nothing Any advice or help would be appreciated.

I check the south facing slopes first..Deer tend to hang in there more getting the afternoon sun...Oak patches and small meadows...

However the biggest factor on wether you find a shed or not, is did you take the left trail,or the right at that last fork..

Keep looking...

Adjhunt · 02-10-2009, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Santiam338

However the biggest factor on wether you find a shed or not, is did you take the left trail,or the right at that last fork..

That's what is the hardest for me!

Especially when I come to a trail like this.....

quit wishing · 02-10-2009, 05:01 PM

Deer trails where they cross a fence, the landings seem to jar them loose. I have had luck there, happy hunting. I have also seen a "shed station" online, it was basically a fence corner post but sloping back, put a salt block in the deep corner. They will knock off the horns getting to the lick.

osulogger · 02-10-2009, 06:46 PM

I've had good luck in trails and in bedding areas. Try edges of clearcuts and timberlines......

Best of luck! It takes awhile to figure it out, but once you get it, you'll be staking them up like hot cakes!

From the land of Big Sticks,

Osulogger

chukarchaser · 02-10-2009, 07:17 PM

Hmmm... lets see, judging from the "shed thread" if I wanted to find a lot of blacktail sheds my best advice would be to follow closely behind Santiam, Sliverpicker or Brandon.

CC

Santiam338 · 02-10-2009, 08:06 PM

2 hours yesterday and 2 hours today turned up zilch,so maybe he was following me around...

sooslaw · 02-10-2009, 08:38 PM

get your eye in. This allows me to cover ALOT more ground moving rather quickly...Think like a deer, as i am roaming the timber, certain landmarks seem to catch my eye and draw me in....bingo!

shed head · 02-11-2009, 05:58 AM

OSU is right. you have to develope an eye for it. after you find a few it keeps getting easier. pretty soon you will start to think you cant leave the woods without finding one! confidence is a HUGE factor in shed hunting! like santiam said long hours! when i go shed hunting i go from early light and come out in the dark. i put in at least 1-2hrs on average per shed i do find. i like to pick an area i "know" that there is a shed in and make imaginary bouderies and absolutly pound the area in between the bounderies. i usually start at the highest point and work my way slowly down. i move all the way acrss and move 10-30 yards down the ridge and head back the direction i came from. i do this grid pattern until i have covered every squere inch.

oh by the way, i would rather shed hunt naked then go without my bino's. they are a must have!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

dont get any weird ideas shedfreak!

SandyRiverFisher · 02-11-2009, 09:06 AM

Dont kow if anyone has seen or used one before, but there used to be a guy that sold a "shed collector" on ebay. Looked like it was basically a bucket for a salt lick with some steel posts around the top, so as a buck went in for a lick, he would nock any loose antlers off on the stakes.

Chesapeake · 02-11-2009, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by chukarchaser

Hmmm... lets see, judging from the "shed thread" if I wanted to find a lot of blacktail sheds my best advice would be to follow closely behind Santiam, Sliverpicker or Brandon.

CC

I'm thinking if you followed behind those guys all you would get to do is watch them pick up a bunch of sheds right in front of you.

shed head · 02-11-2009, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by SandyRiverFisher

Dont kow if anyone has seen or used one before, but there used to be a guy that sold a "shed collector" on ebay. Looked like it was basically a bucket for a salt lick with some steel posts around the top, so as a buck went in for a lick, he would nock any loose antlers off on the stakes.

ya'. i saw one that was a bucket with steel post and bungee cords all over the place. even had a video with deer "depositing" there horns. i tried something similar. i put bait under some brush that the deer would have to bump there horns on getting to the bait. not alot of luck. they drop when they drop. i read a little story the other day, i think it was j zumbo. he said a buddy of his had a captive w/t deer. in late FEB he hit the deer in the horn with a 2/4 hard enough to knock it off its feet and the horns did not come off. 2 days later the buck shed both of his horns>...