4 02, 2015

SD Shed Hunt: What Killed This Buck?

2020-06-10T09:19:52-04:00February 4th, 2015|BigDeer, Predator Hunting, Shed Hunting|4 Comments

Got this from our friend and hard-core shed hunter Kelly K. out in South Dakota:  Mike: While shed hunting the other day, I picked up this nice 4-point, shot a couple pictures, looked over the fence and saw this! My question is, what kind of animal could kill a buck (scored low 170s) in great shape? I watched this deer 2 weeks ago and he looked just fine to me. He was in a herd of about 192 deer, and surely there were some younger deer that would have been much easier to kill. Notice the deer’s rib bones, which are chewed up to about 4” long in some places. I’ve seen a ton of deer killed by coyotes out [...]

8 05, 2014

How Much Are Shed Antlers Worth?

2020-06-10T09:23:02-04:00May 8th, 2014|BigDeer, Shed Hunting|1 Comment

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 [...]

7 05, 2014

5 Grades of Shed Antlers

2020-06-10T09:23:02-04:00May 7th, 2014|BigDeer, Shed Hunting|2 Comments

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 [...]

30 04, 2014

Huge Canada Shed!

2020-06-10T09:23:02-04:00April 30th, 2014|BigDeer, Shed Hunting|3 Comments

  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 [...]

29 04, 2014

Shed Hunt Archives: Well-Pit Buck

2020-06-10T09:23:02-04:00April 29th, 2014|BigDeer, Shed Hunting|4 Comments

I was looking back through the BIG DEER archives, and ran across this most unusual shed hunt we have ever posted. Man, you never know what you’re going to find in the woods: About 20 years ago, some Missouri guys had been shed hunting all day to no avail when they decided to check a 2-acre thicket around an old homestead. Walking around the crumbled stone foundation, one fellow found an old well. He kneeled, looked down and saw the remains of this buck down in it. The hunters first thought that maybe someone had poached the deer the previous season and stuffed it in there. But when they pulled the deer out, there were no bullet holes in the body [...]

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