2022 shed thread

[Shed Hunter]

Found one small dead head on 2/26. Our deer have usually all shed by now and we pull our cameras on this weekend every year. Pulled cameras yesterday and probably 90% are still holding antlers. Never seen them hold them this long, try again next weekend

Same where I've been looking

 

[Hillbilly Hunter]

I have some shed and some still holding.

 

[UT-longbeard]

Checked cams and did some walking today. Found an older matching set within 100' of each other. Stumbled across this dead head in some nasty thick stuff. Had him on camera two years ago in velvet. Some have shed both sides, one buck only had one side on and a couple were still holding both.

 

[Shed Hunter]

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Checked cams and did some walking today. Found an older matching set within 100' of each other. Stumbled across this dead head in some nasty thick stuff. Had him on camera two years ago in velvet. Some have shed both sides, one buck only had one side on and a couple were still holding both. View attachment 130584

Awesome deadhead? Score and trail cam pics? That's huge!

 

[UT-longbeard]

Awesome deadhead? Score and trail cam pics? That's huge!

I rough scored him without a tape and it's around 150". Here's some pics the last time he was on camera.

 

[tree_ghost]

I rough scored him without a tape and it's around 150". Here's some pics the last time he was on camera. View attachment 130612View attachment 130613

Think some one shot him and couldn't recover?

 

[UT-longbeard]

Think some one shot him and couldn't recover?

May have been. The

Think some one shot him and couldn't recover?

Good possibility. The antlers were buried into the ground like he had crashed pretty good.

 

[Buzzard Breath]

I'm starting to think one of the long term effects of having covid is the inability to find deer antlers. I haven't even found any of last year's and its not from lack of miles on my boots. I hope I get it back before the velvet hunt.

 

[DoubleRidge]

Pulled three camera's today and covered couple miles....small dead head is couple years old....small shed is last year's and is chewed....larger shed is fresh and from a buck we have several pics of...short tines but super mass.

 

[Duck dogn]

Mine still holding

 

[Smoke]

Took a 3 hour walk today and came up with one.

 

[TheLBLman]

Pulled cameras yesterday and probably 90% are still holding antlers. Never seen them hold them this long, try again next weekend

Bodes well for this year's new antler growth.
We're off to a good start with late shedding.

 

[atnvol]

Friend of mine found these together in the middle of a wheat field a couple of days ago. He saw this buck last summer. Click the pic to enlarge.

 

[Tnwakeboarder]

Friend of mine found these together in the middle of a wheat field a couple of days ago. He saw this buck last summer. Click the pic to enlarge.

Are these from southern Illinois ?

 

[atnvol]

Are these from southern Illinois ?

Yes they are.

 

[Tnwakeboarder]

Yes they are.

Must have friends in the same circles. Our lease is in Ava.

 

[atnvol]

It doesn't take long for great pics to circulate in rural areas. I have heard Ava mentioned frequently in the Ag community up there.

 

[Tnwakeboarder]

It doesn't take long for great pics to circulate in rural areas. I have heard Ava mentioned frequently in the Ag community up there.

For sure, I remember seeing the pics of it in velvet. Great news that he made it, no telling what he will be next year.

 

[cecil30-30]

Was walking around the field edge that wraps around my house this afternoon with my kids. About 15 feet inside the woods I seen white. And sure enough a matching pair. They was literally about 75 yds from the corner of my house.

 

[cbhunter]

Nice brows on him