Antlers Shed Hunting

Yes, was a 10 but has a broken brow.

 

Kansas man stumbles on human skeleton while searching for deer antlers


https://www.foxnews.com/us/kansas-man-stumbles-human-skeleton-searching-deer-antlers

 

Just 1 today.

 

Did a timber appraisal with a friend/coworker today......on the way there (he drove) I look out my window into a rolling field and there are about 8 deer including 1 huge buck with both antlers still attached!!!! 8, 10, 12, 46 point, who knows???? Couldn't get my cell phone in time as the road is windy and too much traffic to stop. Deer were headed into the woods, so would have been useless to try to turn around and backtrack. Jim, unfortunately didn't see them due to watching the road.

 

One crappy old one the other day . I’m up to 5 sheds and 3 dead heads this year . Including my trip to Illinois. Lots of walking here in NY . Just not many bucks around here . NY sucks for many reasons

 

Took the quad about half mile back in the woods then walked 2.5 miles -ZERO

 

3.5 miles and found this monster
Number 7

 

3 miles yesterday =ZERO

 

Another dead head + one shed today

 

Numbers 9and 10

 

Found 4 today, 37 for the year. I’m pretty much done but might find a few more while mushroom hunting.

 

Future shed hunter!

 

Hopefully. Trained him quite a bit fetching antlers . I should hide some outside for him to find !

 

Finally got a pic of this years shed total, we ended up with 64.

 

What do people think about fake antlers and scent for training a dog to shed hunt?

She's a treeing walker coonhound so I have no concern about her ability to find, the retrieving part tho...

 

Why not use real antlers to train her with?

 

1 - I have no idea where to get em besides the store bought pieces
2 - she's never shown an interest in the store bought pieces, I assume because they're a bit hard for her to chew and don't have enough smell to interest her

 

I’m sure if you know any deer hunters, they probably have a few laying around. It seems to me that the best thing to train with is the real thing. It’s possible that your dog just might not be interested in deer antlers.