That's a nice big one there mountaineer. I found #10 yesterday, a nice 2 year old 4 point side. I had went shedless on 3 consecutive trips before that one.
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Gordo
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I havent posted forever, still lurking.
Ive been hiking my ass off around athens/meigs looking for sheds and have only found 2 so far, with one being an oldie.
I put some cams out a couple days ago(should have never stopped running them) to try to figure out what was going on, and sure enough the sheds that I have really been looking for are still on their heads. Gonna chill out for a minute till the cams tell me otherwise, and then hit it hard again.
Ive never put in as much time looking.
All the walking is really givin me a whole new perspective on a couple properties. :smiley_coolpeace:
Ive been hiking my ass off around athens/meigs looking for sheds and have only found 2 so far, with one being an oldie.
I put some cams out a couple days ago(should have never stopped running them) to try to figure out what was going on, and sure enough the sheds that I have really been looking for are still on their heads. Gonna chill out for a minute till the cams tell me otherwise, and then hit it hard again.
Ive never put in as much time looking.
All the walking is really givin me a whole new perspective on a couple properties. :smiley_coolpeace:
Hot dang! I walked for 4 hours straight on Saturday afternoon in the rain and came up empty handed......again.
Then last night after work I go out and hit up a new area that I haven't ever looked and came up with 11 of them in 2-1/2 hours.......and most of them were within 100 yards of a major road. If you guys have overgrown fields with weeds higher than your heads make sure you check them! That makes numbers 11-21 on the season. It was like a dream, at one point I found 4 sheds in about 5 minutes.....dang that was some fun!
Then last night after work I go out and hit up a new area that I haven't ever looked and came up with 11 of them in 2-1/2 hours.......and most of them were within 100 yards of a major road. If you guys have overgrown fields with weeds higher than your heads make sure you check them! That makes numbers 11-21 on the season. It was like a dream, at one point I found 4 sheds in about 5 minutes.....dang that was some fun!
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Gordo
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Finally got on the board today. Found a match set just laying there in the cut hay field. Couldn't believe it, both just right there. Looked like he dropped his head down and they both just popped right off.
The first pic is " As they lay "
I never got this buck on the cam and I'm not sure what he did to the one side of his rack but it was screwed up while in velvet because it grew like that and it's not broken off.
The first pic is " As they lay "
I never got this buck on the cam and I'm not sure what he did to the one side of his rack but it was screwed up while in velvet because it grew like that and it's not broken off.
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I was feeling pretty good about my finds until I seen Gern's post lmao. That's a ton of bone he got there lmao.
You know what frustrating TOO me is that in the area I'm in, I know of alot of areas like Chad discribed all around me in a 5 mile radius BUT the people that own them either don't allow anyone to look or it's just vacant land owned by some rich fuggar who lives in the city and doesn't have a listed number or any other way for me to contact them TOO ask! I just keep walking the same old farms I do have permission to look on but there are much better places around me that prolly have sheds laying on top of each other. LOL DANG! I did jump 3 bucks still carrying yesterday and one was a dandy still with a harem! Found a fresh rub(green as a pea) with a frsh scrape that looked TOO have been hit just a few days ago! WTF!!!
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Gordo
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I just checked a cam and majority are still carrying on my one property. Any day now. weird :smiley_confused_vra
I hit it last night for 2.5hrs with Hank the terrible shed finding dog. He sucks at finding them but has fun. I got skunked. Major flooding might have just killed any chances I have left on the one property. It is a mess.
You know what frustrating TOO me is that in the area I'm in, I know of alot of areas like Chad discribed all around me in a 5 mile radius BUT the people that own them either don't allow anyone to look or it's just vacant land owned by some rich fuggar who lives in the city and doesn't have a listed number or any other way for me to contact them TOO ask! I just keep walking the same old farms I do have permission to look on but there are much better places around me that prolly have sheds laying on top of each other. LOL DANG! I did jump 3 bucks still carrying yesterday and one was a dandy still with a harem! Found a fresh rub(green as a pea) with a frsh scrape that looked TOO have been hit just a few days ago! WTF!!!
That looks exactly like the stuff I found those in. As far as the vacant land owned by some rich fugger, well that wouldn't stop me from "getting lost" if I thought there could be some good sheds there. If somebody don't want you to look....... well then I can see not going in there because you will probably run into another guy looking for them and risk trouble. Around home I know the areas that are OK to walk on and the areas that should be stayed out of for varying reasons. I think the spot I found most of these in yesterday is just one of those overlooked places right next to a major road that happens to be where deer travel. I pulled another one out of there tonight....just an average 4 point shed, #22.
You know what frustrating TOO me is that in the area I'm in, I know of alot of areas like Chad discribed all around me in a 5 mile radius BUT the people that own them either don't allow anyone to look or it's just vacant land owned by some rich fuggar who lives in the city and doesn't have a listed number or any other way for me to contact them TOO ask! I just keep walking the same old farms I do have permission to look on but there are much better places around me that prolly have sheds laying on top of each other. LOL DANG! I did jump 3 bucks still carrying yesterday and one was a dandy still with a harem! Found a fresh rub(green as a pea) with a frsh scrape that looked TOO have been hit just a few days ago! WTF!!!
All you gotta say is your looking for your dog. It works every time...
Why do you think I take Hank? He can trail blood, but he just sucks at finding sheds for some reason. :smiley_crocodile:
Oh well, it is good for him and a good time to work him. The more sheds we have been working, the better he has been lately about minding me. They are like kids in that respect. More time you spend with them the better off they will be in the long run. Besides that, it gives me more excuse to get out there.
That's the excuse I always have on speed dial!!! I got "lost" on a piece of off limits hunting ground the other day with no luck. Figure I'll get lost out there again this weekend. I'm looking for the sheds off the Booner I saw holed up in there this summer and damnit if I don't get turned around every time I'm out there!!!
That's the excuse I always have on speed dial!!! I got "lost" on a piece of off limits hunting ground the other day with no luck. Figure I'll get lost out there again this weekend. I'm looking for the sheds off the Booner I saw holed up in there this summer and damnit if I don't get turned around every time I'm out there!!!
Bunch of outlaws around here! That's why I wear full camo when shed hunting!rotflmao
Also, a little tip for you guys, it always makes for safer shed hunting when it's raining.......yer less likely to bump into someone!
Truthfully though, I have gotten permission to shed hunt from farmers that don't allow regular hunting to look because they have ran over sheds with their tractor tires......and that costs them money and time.
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