Montana Shed Hunting

[chinook]

Ive been on a few shed hunting trips up here in NW Montana after I heard a friend of my dads found a fresh set of muley sheds during the first part of Febuary. This year we have had a extremely warm and dry winter and it seems like most of the deer and elk are hanging up high in there summer range. Ive found two small sets of fresh whitetail sheds and a couple old "garden antlers" so far. I also found a dead cow elk( lion kill?) and got her ivorys. Overall it was a crazy Febuary since alot of the areas that are hard to access due to the amount of snow are easly accessable. I was wondering how other shed hunters are fairing in this weather? Is anyone in Montana (or anywhere else were the weather has been unseasonably warm) managed to find and good pockets of sheds yet?

 

[Non_Typical]

Found two in my back pocket the other day. I love it when I hit a good pocket of sheds!

 

[chinook]

holy cow that must have been painful!

 

[Eyesr4Antlers]

I live in Central Idaho right next to the Montana border. It has been a very tough hornhunting year here also, due to the weather conditions(unusually warm). Deer started dropping good in early January, but we only accumulated a few inches of snow and now it is close to completely gone. Most of the sheds I have found have been scattered. I have came across one pocket that contained 5 sheds, other than that, it has been a few here and there. The competion is horrible here. How bad is the competion in your guys hornhunting grounds?

 

[bittersweetmuleymeat]

TERRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[oneguymontana]

Terrible here also....I've been stuck at 7 whitetail for over 2 weeks now and 3 of those were old....all but given up? Been high,low,north slope,south slope...can't seem to get into any? Hope to do better on elk......

 

[chinook]

Went out again today, found 2 fresh 4 point whitetail sheds in about 10 miles worth of hiking. The elk and mule deer must be back up in the mountains and the whitetail bucks are definately scattered. The competion isnt bad around here, havent seen another antler hunter out yet.

 

[berto]

chinook,

it's gonna be one of the toughest years for finding sheds i've ever seen thanks to the obvious lack of a winter this year.

good luck to you.