SHED HUNTING IS WHAT I DID WHEN I LIVED IN NEBRASKA AND SINCE MOVING BACK TO SOUTH DAKOTA HAVEN’T HEARD MUCH ABOUT!

I GENERALY HUNTED FOR THEM IN LATE FEBRUSRY INTO MARCH AS WELL INTO APRIL.

SINCE ANTLERS DON’T DETERIATE, THEY’LL BE THERE FOREVER, UNLESS A RODENT STARTS CHEWING ON THEM.

SINCE ANTLERS ARE MADE OF CALCIUM, RODENTS THAT NEED CALCIUM WILL CHEW ON SHEDS AND DESTROY THEIR NATURL BEAUTY

NOT ALL BUCKS DROP OR SHED THEIR RACKS AT THE SAME TIME; A LOT OF IT DEPENDS ON THEIR OVERAL HEALTH AND HOW TOUGH THE RUT WAS FOR THEM.

THE EASIEST WAY TO LOOK IS WHERE DEER ARE CROSSING A ROAD THAT LEADS INTO A WOODED AREA, ANYTIME, THEY JUMP A FENCE, THE JOLT WHEN THEY LAND WILL OFTEN TIMES DROP THE ANTLER.

ANOTHER LOCATION WHERE I LOCATED QUITE A FEW SHEDS AS WHERE THEY HERDED UP IN THE WINTER AROUND FOOD SOURCES, ESPECIAL AT HAY PILE, WHEN THEY DIG INTO THE HAY, THEIR ANTLERS COME IN CONTACT WITH THE PILE AND OFTEN TIMES DISLODGES THE ANTLER.

AND THIS LOCATION CAN BE WHERE NUMEROUS SHEDS CAN BE FOUND.

BY FOLLOWING DEEER TRAILES, YOU MAY FIND SEVERAL SHEDS AS THEY FALL OFF WHEN EVER THE PEDICLE RELEASES IT.

ELK SHEDS ARE HIGHLY PRIZED AND CAN BRING AN EXCELLENT PRICE!

SHEDS ARE USED FOR DECORATIONS. MADE INTO CHANDELERS AND TABLE LAMPS