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[azscouter]

Ok I went to an area where I always find about 6 or so elk sheds and about a 12 or so deer sheds this past weekend. I always go there on memorial day and always find them. I have for the past 4 years and they area always brown. I hiked a good 20 to 25 miles this past weekend in many canyons and ridges and never found one shed. I am pretty sure that nobody else has been in there because it is farely remote. I had to hike about 2 miles in to get to this series of canyons. My question is that is it possible for all of the deer and elk to just move out in one year and come back for the spring without dropping there sheds there again? I mean I saw about 40 deer about 8 being bucks and about 30 elk with about 5 being bulls.

 

[Mule_Deer_Crazy]

Doesn't seem right, but then again when we pick up muley sheds in the desert country we rarely find them in the same spots. Doesn't make sense, cause they seldom have enough snow to move them anywhere in the desert type habitat. On the other hand there will be deer there in the spring just like you described. My guess is your animals were on a different ridge when they shed this year, but it may not be far from the system you were looking on? That appears to be what we see when shedhunting eastern OR. I'd keep looking, I bet they're still out there.

 

[browtine]

I'm not sure about the weather you had, but in utah, the weather made the animals I watched move to lower ground to shed. Is it possible they moved prior to shedding?

to answer your question.. Yes, it is possible for the animals to move.. If you can't watch them religiously, it's difficult to say where they dumped. Many facters can be why. Could be people, predators, and weather. Good luck!

Later, Brandon

 

[azscouter]

I hiked a good 6 or 7 canyons on both sides and the ridges inbetween. I have never gone that far and not found any sheds before.

The thing is that I would suspect people but I have never seen another person back there in the past 4 years and I go there to watch the animals on a regualar basis through the summer.