Mike: A friend and I are obsessed w/shed hunting in Wisconsin and Minnesota. One year we found 2 sets that score 150+ and another half that came from a buck that would have been in the 170 to 180 range. These 5 sheds were found in a straight line from one another heading north to south from a cedar swamp to a ridge/valley habitat. We looked for days, but there was no sign of smaller bucks in the area. The large sheds we found were all distinctively similar--they look like grandfather, father, son and so on, with high brow tines and G2s and impressive main beams. This is probably due to genes in the area, but the odd thing [...]

Mike: What are shed antlers going for these days? I have a big pile I might want to unload if the price is right? I’ve been getting that question a lot. Here are some guidelines to go by. Keep in mind that the value of antlers can vary according to antler size (bigger is better), condition and grade of the sheds and the simple effects of supply and demand. These are spring 2014 estimates; I’ll try to update the figures every year or so. I checked with shed fanatic Mike C., who told me that whitetail sheds are running from $7-$10 a pound. “Ten dollars a pound for single sheds that that are like 70-78 inches. The deer farm market has killed the [...]

Did you know that every shed antler you pick up has a grade, from Grade A Brown (best condition) to Grade C White (worst)? Should you ever want to sell some of your antlers, that condition/grade will largely determine its value. This Colorado antler website sums up the antler grades well: Grade A Brown: Antler in perfect condition with no fading and only very minor chips…no broken tines or chew marks…antler picked up within a few weeks or months of the buck dropping it. Grade B Brown: Antler may have a broken tine, chips and chew marks, but still natural brown color with no fading. Grade A White: (Pictured above.) Antler faded and weathered to white but still in perfect [...]

  Corey W. shared this huge shed on Facebook. From the looks of the green mold and the chewed beam tip, the white-grade antler had been lying out there for a couple years. What a great secret souvenir! Corey said: A true Canadian Monarch!!! 5 point side, typical, nearly 90 inches!!! This is type of deer that roam the wilds of Saskatchewan! Yes. Although the antler quality has been down the last couple of years in the region of northern Saskatchewan where I hunt, the possibility of running across a buck that grows and sheds an antler like this is why I keep going back up there every November. BTW, this is a typical antler for Saskatchewan, super heavy mass throughout [...]