any advise?

hatch000 · Jan 12, 2012

I'm fairly new to hunting and brand new to shed hunting. I just took the online course to shed hunt in Utah. I live in northern Utah. Is there any advise or pointers I could receive to help me have success at finding some sheds? I love the outdoors and I love to hike. So I figured why not shed hunt.

Pines_N_Tines · Jan 12, 2012

This year is a little different at least as far as I'm seeing. One thing you should do now is determine where the bucks are wintering. The bucks are still up high in the areas I've been checking. Don't disturb the deer. It's best if you can sit in your truck with a spotting scope and determine where they are. Snows might end up pushing the deer down so keep tabs on them. You said you like to hike. Thats the best thing you'll be doing. Wait until mid to late march and get redy to put on a whole lot of miles on your boots. Look at the vegetation that the bucks are eating now and concentrate your hikes in areas with the same type of vegetation. Don't get to excited when you find an antler. Take an as-they-lay photo when you start finding them. Then post up your photos. Have a good shed year.

MTSHEDHEDZ · Jan 12, 2012

"Don't get to excited when you find an antler"
WTF not Ive been doing it since I was 10 and I still get excited!Dont set your expectations too high,you will find em if you put the time and miles in,it takes years to get good areas dialed in and competition in your neck of the woods is ridiculous.Try to find areas where you have to put in many miles on foot to get into them,if you eliminate the scabs that wont get more than a mile or two from a road your odds go way up.If you like hiking you will love shed hunting.BTW it will increase your odds of finding them in the same place year after year if you keep your mouth zipped!

ElkSniper · Jan 12, 2012

Glass Glass And glass is my most successful way to shed hunt.

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Pines_N_Tines · Jan 12, 2012

>"Don't get to excited when you
>find an antler"
>WTF not Ive been doing it
>since I was 10 and
>I still get excited!Dont set
>your expectations too high,you will
>find em if you put
>the time and miles in,it
>takes years to get good
>areas dialed in and competition
>in your neck of the
>woods is ridiculous.Try to find
>areas where you have to
>put in many miles on
>foot to get into them,if
>you eliminate the scabs that
>wont get more than a
>mile or two from a
>road your odds go way
>up.If you like hiking you
>will love shed hunting.BTW it
>will increase your odds of
>finding them in the same
>place year after year if
>you keep your mouth zipped!
>
I hear you MTShedheadZ.

"don't get too excited when you find an antler" did come out wrong. What I meant by "don't get too excited when you find an antler" is try to contain your excitement long enough to get an as they lay photo to share with the MM group. A couple years ago I had a chance to snap a photo of my first matched set within a couple feet of each other. I was on my cell with my shed partner when I looked over an saw a brown four point. My son heard me say to my buddy that theres a four point over here under a juniper. Before I could take a step towards it my boy sprinted over and picked it up. On the back side of the juniper was the matched side which he also picked up. It would have been a great ATL but no dice. It was still very exciting but the ATL would have been great. So yes get excited but share the experience with us.

Here's the set.

hatch000 · Jan 13, 2012

Thanks Sniper

elkun · Jan 13, 2012

do the deer a big favor and dont go till may.

bonepicker · Jan 13, 2012

I would say don't get discouraged, I've been shed hunting for almost 20 years and I still feel like I am learning and figuring things out. Shed hunting is part work, part skill and part luck. The work you can control, the skill takes time to develop and the luck, well, spend enough time out and about and you will have some lucky finds. Be patient and don't give up and you will have success. And don't give in to the dark side, don't shed hunt from your 4-wheeler.