Top 5 Locations To Find A Shed Antler
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- The best locations to find a shed combine to make sure that you can cover a lot of deer habitat quickly and efficiently, all while providing an opportunity to scoop as many of the available sheds as possible. The top shed hunting spots are very basic. However, these shed locations can't be missed! South facing slopes, ditches, fences, bedding areas, food sources, brushy travel corridors and Winter cover are all on most shed hunter's radar - but should they be? These 5 locations can help you unravel the top spots to hunt and find the most amount of sheds quickly and efficiently.
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This video is so on point as basic as it may seem your points all are valid. Speaking from experience I’m here in Missouri. I went years without finding one shed just aimlessly walking through the woods looking for sheds. Once I started shed hunting smarter, they seem to be everywhere. I went one year without finding any and the years prior to that to once I realized what I needed to do differently I found almost 40 that next year lol another thing to keep in mind is to get them before the squirrels do, and rabbits and coyotes and whatever other things are out there. It’s a bummer when you find a beautiful shed and it’s chewed up real bad. anyhow buddy excellent video.
I've been pursuing a giant buck since 2018. He was 4.5yr old back then. We have cameras everywhere on our 244 acres. He vanishes right before the orange invasion and doesn't show up until after firearm season. He drops his antlers in Dec every year. One year we determined he dropped his antlers on Dec 6th. This year he dropped his rack between Dec 12th & Dec 18th. I watched a pair of bucks duel without antlers mid Dec. Have a video of a buck sparring with another buck that has shed one side mid Dec. I've found the big guy's sheds the last two years. I've been shed hunting for two weeks now. The farm is in central MO. I also have bucks with both sides attached into April.
Love your "poor man" approach. It fits me.
What a knowledgable man. Super educational on all his videos.
Thanks for the video. This is all new to me this year and have only found 1 small shed so far. Your video will definitely help.
Great tips went out and looked in the cover out of the wind and found one within 15 minutes👍🏼👍🏼
Nice. I wish I can find a shed antler!
Great info man, really enjoy your channel, its helped me out alot, Thank you and keep em rolling!🤙
Thank you very much...I really hope they help a lot! And definitely will keep them coming...
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Yep the only two I’ve ever found were at a creek Crossing here and flat in Mississippi... I think I’ll go look for more
I had my best year ever this year. So far 20 sheds and 5 of the are mid 60s.Considering the last 4 years I have only found 3
Bucks in my area usually hold em until the end of May-mid march
Id say that too .... to keep ppl outnof the woods 😉
I spend lots of time hiking in Massachusetts - I see deer all the time but I’ve never had any luck with sheds. Hopefully this video will point me in the right direction.
Omg yes same. I live in Northeastern MA, and it’s April so maybe it’s a bit late but I’ve been trying to search for whatever I can find. I’m just not so sure where to look as it’s pretty urban up here. Even in the rural areas, I’m not so sure where to find deer or where food sources might be. I don’t hunt, though I’d like to. I just don’t know anyone else into this sort of thing so I don’t know where to ask around. Got any pointers? I’m a big hiker anyway so I’m willing to travel a bit if I have to. I spend lots of time just walking in the woods up in southern NH.
Great video! Can never find a shed, year after year. Maybe I can get one this year!
Good luck! Some of the biggest mistakes are going to early, especially on small parcels. And then wasting a lot of time in low % areas. On public land or large parcels you can hit the spots early because you are just pushing the deer around on the same lands you can shed hunt later. BUT, on small parcels you just can't afford to spook them off. "Small" meaning anything under 500 acres...good luck!
I’ve been looking for sheds i walk dogs in my friends apple orchard there’s a small river on the side and a corn field next tracks & poop everywhere but not one shed yet😭
My dog found one in my pasture and he came trotting up to the house all proud of himself because he thought it was a boney 🤣
Great info. What is your educational background? I would love to do what you do.
I just went out for the first time yesterday and found one of my target bucks right side! He’s a stud of a 4x4 and I’m guessing the side I found is close to 70"s
Good video, info!
Thank you very much...hope it helps folks when they get out and shed hunt!
Great video gave me some ideas where to look if it ever stops raining here. I need some snow here it calms my nerves.
The silence if snow can be therapeutic for sure Randle...but I wouldn't hunt for sheds i
Right now in this snow either
Whitetail Habitat Solutions I love setting in a cedar thicket and listen to it snowing. Now that will calm your nerves now. GOD BLESS.
@@randlerichardson5826 man that sounds so good...I love it!
Whitetail Habitat Solutions me to I’m beginning to dislike rain GOD BLESS you and your family brother GOD BLESS.
Hello, my family bought just over 30 acres and I have found These sheds so far:
3 by 3 dead-head (old, good quality) - on my land
Spike elk shed (fresh, great quality) - on my friends land
4 point deer shed (fresh, great quality) - on my friends land
6 point deer shed (really old, decent quality) - on my land
4 point deer shed (old, good quality) on my land
I'm hoping to get 10 by the end of the year (I count dead-heads as two antlers)
I hope this can give you some inspiration!
1.)How far away, does the sheds happen, away from any public roads?
2.) I have a way of following power lines/near treeline? Is there any luck in look here as well
Thanks for another great video Jeff! Yesterday was the last day of our season here in NJ. I saw nearly 100 deer throughout the day. I was surprised to see multiple bucks that had both antlers. I even saw fresh scrapes??? Do you think the scrapes for rutting purposes or just social? Obviously the buck to doe ratio is way off!
Thanks Gary and you are very welcome! Now that's a LATE season! I bet still rutting. Lots if does and rutting can keep testosterone levels up and antlers on. Combine great winter food and you can count in a very late drop...really cool feedback - thanks Gary!
That makes sense. The bucks that I've been seeing, that are still holding both antlers, are mostly 2 1/5 year olds and younger. The does must be in another estrus cycle right now. I've also noticed a lot of deer dead beside the roads which I usually see during a rutting period.
@@garyhughes4884 very interesting! For sure though, just a lot of does and fawns being breed late I bet...explains the dead deer too!
Gary Hughes could be road salt might explain the dead deer too.
@@yogibear6271 thank you. I didn't consider that. We haven't had much of a winter here so it actually feels like Spring.
SW WI, snowing now around 6", 51 deer out feeding last eve. in beans, brassicas, and corn.
12 bucks with both sets, a few with singles, a few totally dropped,
but the majority still have both sides, including bucks of all ages. Bob
Really appreciate your feedback Bob! Very cool. Always seems like late February is when we really get to peak around here...although there will still be a decent holding into March. I had several clients with complete sets still holding early April last year. The latest full set I saw on the lands I hunt was 3/29 last year
rfb7117 awesome on my 7 acres of land it’s not worth doing
@@ellismidkiff6117 not unless you have 7 acres of standing beans, corn and brassica 😊
Ellis Midkiff you never know go on an check it out anyway 7 acres shouldn't take you to long.
@@ellismidkiff6117 you may want to wait a while depending on where you are at. Most areas...Midwest ag, a large majority are still holding. Just got word this morning from a client in southern MI...9 bucks seen yesterday in a bachelor group, all still holding both antlers including a Giant. And Giant in that area is 150-160+.
Okay.....thanks.
I've seen bucks with horns two weeks into March in Missouri
Guys I live in Missouri, the earliest I have found sheds were Christmas Eve of decent size. As a person who checks trail cameras, talks to my deer hunting friends and direct observation while driving or winter scouting, it is not unusual at all to see the more dominant males with head gear on throughout March. Yesterday in fact, I saw a spike with it's antlers still on. For myself, I am missing a lot of sheds if check too early. Nearing the end of March is a safe bet.
Great points! So many rush the woods too quickly for sheds. Seems earlier every year. Which doesn't matter as much on private land or giant parcels where you can afford to push the deer around more...unless it stresses them out too much! But not sure good practice on small private parcels...even 0-500 acres. Deer run at least a 1/4 Mike when spooked and mid Winter with less cover...a 1/2 mile spook is common. That takes deer off of nearly every parcel under 500 acres, let alone the more common sizes of 40 and 80 acres.
Great points!
Thanks for another awesome video Jeff..👍🏻 I love listening to all of what you say.. I’m always trying to find ways to be a better hunter...
I’ve covered every square inch of one of the properties I hunt for a few years and have never found one shed and have some decent bucks on camera there.. Lol.. so I guess it’s safe to say that they don’t bed or cross there after January ... and two of the other properties I find them every year...
So every thing you’ve said is pretty much what I’ve experienced... but I have one question.??
Do you think or know that deer change the travel routine from time to time every few years.. then change back to their previous routine.??
Thanks again Jeff.!!
Thanks a lot GK and you are very welcome! Me too on the always trying to be a better hunter. Very cool to make sense of those different type of parcels too.
I find bucks do change seasonal patterns and with a mature buck in particular, they just can't stand "change"...either drastic habitat and most importantly people pressure. New hunters in an area, major timber harvest, major food source changes...they can shift a buck back to a particular, highly defined pattern. Those old gyys are VERY set in their ways. Lol...kind of like me 🙂
I’ve noticed for one instance the the deer will enter a property on the south/SE side by way of a hollow for let’s say 2-3 years... Then during the next year during that same part of the season they would enter the property on the West/NW.. then the following year revert back to the previous years.. making me pull what little hair I have left out.. Lol..
@@g.k.dalton4530 there are reasons for sure! I find the older a buck becomes, the more he relies on a very select # of daytime bedding areas...only 2 or 3. The answer could be as simple as that he is bumped from his preferred for some reason. When he is bumped, he can relocated for the entire season. He is that stubborn, but at the same time those very few locations have kept him alive. And he knows that...I believe he feels that level of security.
Hummm ... looks like I’ve got some investigating to do.. lol
Thanks again Jeff.!!
@@g.k.dalton4530 ha, for sure GK! There is always a reason... especially when it comes to mature bucks!
some good info.
ppl get antsy here and are startin earlier and earlier every year. have i found sheds in january... yes just by luck trapping or something. but my peak here is end of feb. and beginning of march.
happy huntin!
Great words to live by! Great advice... appreciate the feedback and thank you very much!
shed tips from these flatlanders on farms are so precious
Iv found a 14 point shed while riding four wheelers i was in the back it was in the road idk how no one seen it or didnt pop a tire
Note that He doesn't shed hunt on his own properties. He doesn't really say why, but I bet it's because it does more harm than good. Why you would want to take a chance and blow bucks out of their feeding and bedding areas just to find a shed or two is beyond me. At least that's what I got from this video.
th-cam.com/video/8TnQcuJRneA/w-d-xo.html that video goes into a lot of why I don't hunt for sheds on my own land I hunt...I have another timing video too. Partly because I spend 10 days a month scouting client lands...another 3-4 days on my own lands shooting videos. So not time. Partly because a lot of Great Fall parcels do not capture s lot of sheds. Partly not wanting to spook what deer are there trying to survive the winter...off, while adding the stress relocation. Also I find out if the deer are alive through Summer scouting and late season/winter trail cam pics. Lots of reasons I don't worry about shed hunting my own lands though. Great points that you bring up too!
Thanh you
Thank you
I'M IN LOWER MICHIGAN MYSELF BROTHER, DOWN HERE IN MONROE COUNTY
Good video but IMO the fence/creek crossing shed tip is a myth-I’ve hiked a lot of miles and found a lot of sheds and I have never found one at a crossing. Could just be unlucky!
When are we going to see you on Rumble?
Brother send me some of the snow here TN. We’ve had so much rain it’s pitiful. The ground here is rotten it has no bottom in certain places. You get a vehicle off the road more than likely it’s stuck. Great video brother. I’m running behind on videos. I passed the conceal carry class.
Hey congrats Randle!! I think my wife and I will be going thru that soon...can't wait. And man... really hope that it dries up for you soon so you can try and find some sheds!
I feel ya man hawkins county here it ain't nothing but a big mud hole
@@tjweaver7683 funny...you guys would take our snow, I would take your rain!
Tj Weaver I know it’s pouring here today.
Whitetail Habitat Solutions it’s a deal brother.
Is running your shed dogs on your neighbors property on the list?
Here in Scotland uk I come across sheds in the forests
Epic
I saw 4 buck still holding on 2/19??
I would say more are holding still in most areas, than not. We see quite a few into late March every year, and early April. Just depends on where you are...largely base on a combo of winter severity and quality food. At least how the trends go...
Solar patterns are changing and so are weather patterns. It would seem plausible that certain areas with changing weather patterns that shedding could vary. Great videos.
The cool thing is that if the food stays consistent, shed timing isn't effected by much else...outside of health if the buck. I agree though that the weather plays a role too! Something I always go back to with she'd timing are deer inside vs outside of enclosures in extreme northern regions. Inside the fence March timing, outside the fence late December/early January shed timing. Same 235" snowfall zone...same habitat (even worse inside enclosure). Major difference though - deer inside the fence are pellet fed. Quality of the soil, habitat and ultimately the quality of the food source goes a long ways. That's why shed drop for example is January on southern Ohio, public land...late in the surrounding ag areas with same exact weather. Pretty cool and defined pattern...
@@Dougarrowhead oh for sure...but man the list of factors that first effect the hormone change. In your buddies case the shot is the influencer. In the wild...social stress, length of breeding, physical stress, quality of habitat, high quality food source availability, weather stressors, severity of weather, etc...that all effect hormone levels. A shot speeds all of that up, greatly! Pretty cool though
Never realy went shed hunting now there is about 2 feet of snow. Will the sheds sink into the snow where i can't see them
It depends on how crusted the snow is. Powder...yes. BUT, I would wait until right at the end of snow melt, which is a GREAT time to shed hunt!
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 okay and in a field where i hunted this fall they cut the field and left it and now deer are diging through all that snow to get to that alfalfa/ grass
Tony Schroeder should be a good spot then, in my opinion it’s worthless to shed hunt when there is more than 6” or so of consistent snow. It’s a lot harder to see them and if you kind of work different areas at different times chances are you will think there’s nothing there but if you would come back when snow is gone there might be some
Jeff,
Is there any way to add a pic with a comment?
Bob
Bob I do not think that there is in any way. I wish!
How about using the pic you want him to see as your profile pic?
What about if I live in North Florida where there's alot of Squirrels and rodents?
Kind of a balancing act...shed hunt s specific area too much and you drive the deer off even a couple hundred acre parcel. Of course then not shed hunt in time and the antlers are eaten. If it is a very large parcel...1000 acres or more...or on public land, I would go as often as you want to. I would also try and figure out when peak drop is. I see so many folks hunting sheds in areas where nearly all deer are still holding.
Whitetail Habitat Solutions awesome, thanks for the info! I'll give that a try!
@@blackforestgrizzly you are very welcome and I hope it helps!
BlackForest Grizzly better find them before they find the sheds
What part of LOWER MICHIGAN?
AN DO YOU THINK IT'S TO LATE TO LOOK NOW - MARCH 11TH???? AN ALSO,WHAT ABOUT SHED HUNTING TRAIN TRACKS????
Look a hundred yards of tracks in thick brush thicker the better walk with tracks 100 yards off
@@corymoutray7996 Thanks Cory.
there is no 100% in the white tail world can't stress that enough but I find the more mature bucks will shed first an the younger ones will hold longer not sure if it's because they are more run down or because there antlers are typically heavier and drop sooner still have some younger bucks a running around here that still have half rack or both antlers
Never any 100%...but there sure are some very good odds 😉 we still have most holding both around here. I know other areas that none are holding. Pretty consistent from year to year for a given area.
Morn buddy.
Morning Randle! Man getting hit with more snow again. And cold. It's like winter or something 🙂
Whitetail Habitat Solutions we need snow here I need snow here. The butter cups are blooming here. It’s messed up. I passed the carry class made a 100 on the shooting part and upper 90’s on the written test. Great video brother thank you GOD BLESS
@@randlerichardson5826 really happy for you Randle...that is awesome to hear! Congrats again!!
Whitetail Habitat Solutions thanks brother and thank you for the great videos GOD BLESS.
@@randlerichardson5826 thanks Randle, have a great Sunday and stay dry!
It be out there in the food plot
Does this guy have client properties?
That’s his profession he goes to peoples hunting property and they pay him to set it up best for hunting
Where he is standing looks familiar. Northern michigan by chance?
SW WI 🙂
I've seen the same buck drop his left side early Jan two years now. Still had his rt side this Feb 20th. Crazy.
🦌🥾🦌👍
Speaking of wind. Lol
Wasn't that crazy!? It was already 17 with 25mph winds...but that last gust was awesome!
You take binoculars while shed hunting
I often do...I wear them more and more on my client lands. I have a real nice pair of Vortex binos...fairly small and very comfortable to hang around the neck.
Can you make money off of shed hunting
So the best place to find sheds is........anyplace deer are sleeping, walking, or eating lol. I find a lot of sheds and none of these videos helped. The biggest tip a person can give is find out where the deer are grouped up late season and search every inch of ground.
I've found sheds on dozens of lands in more than a dozen states...also checking out where 100s of clients find their sheds, in person. You can find 80% of sheds in 10-20% of the land. I would guess at least 1/3rd are found in and very close to food sources. A large % in bedding areas...a grossly proportionate amount around fence crossings and ditches.
Just trying to teach folks to be efficient and smart when searching for sheds based on a huge amount of experience. I find a lot of sheds for clients. It took years to learn but those locations are where I find 80% of them 😉
Whitetail Habitat Solutions that is great, I bet you have a blast doing it! I did not mean that in a negative way. It’s just kind of funny how everyone always says where do you find all the sheds? They can fall off anywhere. One thing is guaranteed, there has to be bucks in the area to find sheds. There has to be a lot of bucks to find a lot of sheds. There’s more to it than finding a cornfield surrounded by bedding area. Late season habitat is where you’ll find the sheds, period.
@@ryanprice2857 oh for sure...I find a few random...but man a huge majority are in food, bedding, crossings and very thick travel cover. Very few in a huge % of the habitat. Quality specific whinter habitat types...
Haha, so basically you can find shed outside? Lol
In those 5 spots...
Maybe you will find one some day?
Fun fact my first ever deer was gonna be a one horned and i was using a shotgun and he slipped out of range😂
I enjoy shed hunting almost more than I do actual hunting. I Tell you this much I have a bigger shed pile than I have bucks on the wall. Either way, this year's been a tough year. 100% public land hunter in Kansas so I've been venturing to new areas involved with those ventures I would think that I would stumble into old sheds just like you stumble into an old treestand deep in the timber. However, this hasn't been the case. I've often wondered where do all the sheds go that we don't find. I know they last a couple of years but for the amount of deer traffic that me myself personally encounters seems like deer sheds vanish if they're not found. Thoughts?
Apparently tons of animals will chew them for calcium, but porcupines especially will devour them!