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Ungulate
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Give me some numbers for optimal elevation for mule deer. I have recently checked my good spots and they range from about 6500 ft to 7000. Anyone find any deer sheds any higher than that?
one_dryboot
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I find alot around 5000 to 7000.
I tend to go high trying to find that monster that stays up on the hill. my thinking is the higher i go the bigger the shed. Sometimes that works.
In colorado I found alot of sheds at 8000. but that is there normal winter range
I tend to go high trying to find that monster that stays up on the hill. my thinking is the higher i go the bigger the shed. Sometimes that works.
In colorado I found alot of sheds at 8000. but that is there normal winter range
never_catch
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Everything I find is between 7000 and 7300 feet. I would think different types of habitat, highways, people pressure, and many more things determine where bucks shed?? Good question...
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feyerfighter
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best for me is between 3500 and 5500. i seem to find the biggest ones low though. i think my lowest is about 2700 and the highest is just under 8000. pretty broad range
one_dryboot
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Found alot of sheds this year on my 3rd season hunt. most were around 8500 and some close to 9.
BLooDTRaCKeR
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I think it all depends on the winter as to where you find them. On a bad winter (heavy snow) I can guarantee I'll find sheds in a certain area. When the snow is thin in the late winter early spring, I never find any sheds in this particular area. I have never checked elevation though. 5-7,000 feet seems about right though.
How you been ungulate?? Haven't talked to you in a while? I'll send you a pm.
How you been ungulate?? Haven't talked to you in a while? I'll send you a pm.
monstermuleyman
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Looks like my streak of finding 2-points continues... went out today and picked up 3 2-points in about an hour or so. We gotta go after the moose up there, that might be the ticket!
Looks like my streak of finding 2-points continues... went out today and picked up 3 2-points in about an hour or so. We gotta go after the moose up there, that might be the ticket!
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wyohikeit
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The snow line is the determining factor
I have found deer sheds at 10,000'(drought year) and at 4,000'(normal snow) within 2 miles of each other as the crow flies, just depends on the snow.
Time in the hills is always worth more than money
I have found deer sheds at 10,000'(drought year) and at 4,000'(normal snow) within 2 miles of each other as the crow flies, just depends on the snow.
Time in the hills is always worth more than money
