16 03, 2016

South Dakota: 125 Sheds and Counting

2020-06-10T09:16:49-04:00March 16th, 2016|Big Deer Stories, BigDeer, Shed Hunting|Comments Off on South Dakota: 125 Sheds and Counting

We’ve been tracking our friend Kelly’s shed hunting for weeks, here’s his latest field report: Mike: Missed one weekend because of a bought with vertigo, but made up for it this past weekend. Only walked on Saturday as to not overdo it and had my personal best day--picked 41 antlers! Three matched sets, and one goofy antler, my favorite. I did match 5 other sets when I got home against antlers I had found earlier this year. The one antler on the hood of the truck scores in the mid 70s, very heavy, we searched the area for 2 hours trying to match it, with no luck. Loved your last post of the massive Canadian antler. My dream is to [...]

14 03, 2016

Massive Sheds & Double-Drop Deadhead!

2020-06-10T09:16:49-04:00March 14th, 2016|Big Deer Stories, BigDeer, Shed Hunting|2 Comments

This time of year it is always fun to open my social media on Monday morning and see what bone was found over the weekend: Big Game Illustrated posted these monster sheds that Quinten found in northern Saskatchewan. Like many racks there, the bulk of last summer's growth went into that  incredible mass on a 7x7 frame. The number of deer overall, and the number of giant bucks roaming the bush, are down the last 5 years, but see why I love hunting up there so? The potential of a world-class buck like this showing up is why I keep going back during the tough years. Thanks to Shedheads for tagging me with this one: This photo is fuzzy but [...]

7 03, 2016

New eBook Offers Shed Antler Dog Tips

2020-06-10T09:16:58-04:00March 7th, 2016|BigDeer, Shed Hunting|Comments Off on New eBook Offers Shed Antler Dog Tips

Today’s guest blog is from Dan Cole, who has published the new digital eBook, How to Find Whitetail Deer Sheds. Below are excerpts from the chapter on shed-antler dogs: The Pros of Antler Dogs There’s a huge difference between a well-trained dog and one that just finds the occasional antler. A well-trained dog can be worth its weight in gold. A good dog will find sheds that we would more than likely miss finding, and they can run pretty much tirelessly for most of the day, covering a huge amount of area that we couldn’t get to in three days of hiking. Learning how to exploit the nose of a dog is the trick to having the success you hope [...]

4 03, 2016

Shed Hunt Reports and Tips

2020-06-10T09:16:58-04:00March 4th, 2016|Big Deer Stories, Shed Hunting|Comments Off on Shed Hunt Reports and Tips

  Kelly K. from South Dakota walked another 15-20 miles last weekend and filed this report: Mike: Another weekend of shedding turned up 15, including three great horns for the effort. The weekend was sunshine (which I hate) and very warm, 98% of snow is gone so I am covering some of the same land I have walked before. I am always amazed at what you miss! I have picked 5 horns into the 70-inch-plus mark so far but cannot match any of them for a set, but still looking.—Kelly Great tip from Kelly: “Shed hunting is no different than deer hunting, put in a bunch of time finding where the deer groups are right now, and wait until the [...]

29 02, 2016

Deer How-To: Late-Winter Buck Scout

2020-06-10T09:16:59-04:00February 29th, 2016|Big Deer TV, BigDeer, Deer Hunting, Deer Management, Shed Hunting|Comments Off on Deer How-To: Late-Winter Buck Scout

It was a gray, bone-chilling evening, one of the last of the New York muzzleloader season. Craig Dougherty was fixing to climb down from his stand and call it a year when he looked up and saw a 150-inch brute standing in a plot of brassica greens. Boom! Craig’s .50-caliber roared and he tagged the biggest buck he’d ever seen on his farm. The more Craig pondered his good fortune that night a few years ago, the more curious he became. That was the first time he’d ever seen the big buck on his land. Where had he come from? How had the deer approached the plot? Where had he been living, eating and bedding all those years? The next [...]

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