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    Lots of older sheds......any day shed hunting is a good day!!!

    Only fresh one was that little deer shed. The amount of older ones we've found this year is rather surprising after the boom in the number of people out hiking last year.

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    Is that 3rd pic a giant coues?

    Not a giant, I mean, I don't know what is big for coues, but I am pretty certain it is a coues.

    Put up a pic of it next to a beer can or something for reference. It looks pretty big to me!

     

    All I had was a 20oz bottle

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    Saw a herd of 15 bulls a week ago today...all were packing except one....and he still had one side......

     

    What state/area are you in? Lots of browns being pulled in S.NM right now.

     

    It's weird, a couple weeks ago in an area just a few miles from where we were sunday, we found that right side and saw about 30 to 40 bulls and I'd say about 40% to 50% were dropped. Then where we were sunday, we saw around 15 bulls and even the two that were close to 300 were still packing.

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    Well, I've only hunted two days so far, and still have two and a half weekends in September, and the first 15 days in January. Over the first two days, we have seen a good number of deer, a few small bucks and one that is probably 130" or better. We chased this group both Saturday and Sunday evening. Have I ever wished more so I had a rifle. Following the bigger buck after one of his little buddies busted us as we stepped around a tree after they vanished, I look up and see this big rack disappear over the hill. His two buddies were both out of my range, so I opted to pass up on trying to get closer, and went over the hill after him. There, 130 yds away, he was staring us down, and there was nothing we could do. This is were I wish I had a rifle. So, Saturday over, and having pushed the bucks, we backed out and went to a new spot Sunday morning. Slow start to the day, we found a group of does, and jumped a small buck, that didn't stop till he was over 100 yds away and again, too far for me. That was the end of the morning hunt. The afternoon comes, and we were back where the bucks were the day before. They were over on the next ridge, and seemed perfectly undisturbed. With an hour till dark, we started to stalk. Got down to around 100yds, where the same little buck from the night before, somehow sees me sitting behind a tree. The big one is still bedded down, and the medium sized one is somewhere below us. After sitting still for about 20 min, they leave, and we have no choice but to head back to the truck, once more in the dark.

     

    Now, have next weekend, the weekend after that, and Saturday the following weekend, the first 15 days of Jan, and maybe finding a buck I can chase on my way home from school between now and the 24th of September. I love hunting deer, but with a bow, it is very irritating, and disappointing, even more so than with a rifle. Wish me luck!

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    Any thoughts as to why? Bulls shedding later? More folks out shed hunting? I'm assuming you're in same areas where you've had more success before.

    More people is my main thought. I think people were just out too early and pushed the bulls out of areas. We went to an area we had some good luck in last year, and found people tracks in a place in a rough area that's not easy to get to.

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    The last two weekends. This is our slowest year in a long time. We only have 18 at this point. Last year by now we had 50. We have busted our butts off this year. Long days, lots of miles. Hard work pays off. Guess that takes a while to happen.

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    We saw quite a few bulls today packing their headgear. Saw probably one bull that didn't have sheds,t he other few bulls we saw that were of good quality were still packing. Strangely enough, saw 4 bucks that had fully shed, one buck that only had one side, and one buck that had both sides. Deer in my parts usually don't shed until late April, elk usually start dropping in the beginning of March, it's totally backwards this year.

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    For fun. I selfishly wish that selling sheds was not allowed. It sure would solve a lot of problems with the way things are heading.

    I want sheds to be worthless in price again. I loved it when there weren't so many people. I still love it, but so many people are making it harder. Last shed season, we went to a good spot of ours, and this guy with horses followed us in there, raced us up the ridge, and down. I crossed a snow bank up to my waist cause he was just up the ridge from me. If I had crossed him, my words wouldn't have been pleasant towards him or his buddy.

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    What's the reason you shed hunt? For fun, for the money?

     

    I know there is a lot of money in shed hunting, but, I do it for fun. I've sold a few, but I like the antlers I've found. A lot has gone into what we've found. If I sold the antlers in my room, I would probably have a few thousand at least, probably more, but I'm not in it for the money, I do it cause I enjoy it. People think I'm crazy since I'm not in it for the money, but I really don't care, the money isn't why I enjoy it.

     

    So, what's your reason for shed hunting?

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