OUTDOOR LOGIC WITH BIOLOGIC
Whitetails spend the better part of the day in their “bedrooms” most of the year. This is even more so the case during the winter, so you would expect to find some sheds there.
SHED ANTLER HOT SPOTS UNCOVERING THE LOST “CROWN” BY T O D D A M E N R U D
Lace up your boots, grab a pair of binoculars and a walking stick, and hit the woods. Combing through the late-winter or early-spring countryside in search of a whitetail’s shed antlers is a cure for cabin fever, gives you a jump on getting in shape for turkey hunting, and may even teach you something about your deer herd or a specific buck you might want to target next fall. While deer may shed both of their antlers within minutes, even seconds of one another in the same spot, this is the exception rather than the rule. Once, while walking a tract I used to hunt in Manitoba, 32
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I found a matching pair of 5x5 sheds stuck upside-down, side by side in the snow. It was as if the buck stuck his head in the snow and placed them there for safekeeping. Sometimes you’ll discover just one and never retrieve the other side. In other cases, you may find it, but far away from the other half. While you may not get lucky and find the opposite side right next to the other one, chances are the match is somewhere in the area. Following are some of my favorite spots to target when searching for shed antlers.
