Awesome man, I’m hoping antlers hold tight a little longer I still have a buck tag at home to fill. But I’ve been seeing tons of shed bucks on camera and also picked up a big fresh one on Dec 12th, the earliest I’ve ever found a fresh shed.

I would look close to the best winter food sources. I find a lot in night bedding areas close to food where there’s a wind break and grass bedding. Thermal cover like cedars, scrub oaks, or CRP. I focus on south and south east facing ridges where they get the most sun, especially when they need it most in the morning. I try and pay attention to the wind direction when most bucks are shedding and search the corresponding bedding areas for those specific bucks, assuming those bedding areas are known by you. Those are a few tips to get you started.. good luck!

It does actually look like it could have been an antler. I know exactly where that was, when I go in there this spring I’ll check and see what that was.

Haha I get a little excited sometimes, definitely wasn’t a 200 incher but probably would have pushed 190 that year. That buck ended up scoring 178 and some change the year I killed him.

@ I watched a bunch more of your vids after making that comment. Subscribed too. Good stuff, you know what you’re doing!

@@tylerwelch3520thanks man, I appreciate it

Yes the title of the video is 2024 shed hunting. This was Arizona.

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Thanks man!

@@JoshuaVanCuren-h5m no but I have an Instagram where I post a lot of stuff throughout the year. It’s Tonyva3

Haha ya regret started setting in as soon as I walked out there

well I am in the woods basically from January to march just about every day. Wish there was a secret formula for finding them but if there is I haven’t heard of it lol

I know I still want to do some hunting so I hope they don’t keep popping off lol. I just picked up a nice fresh 4 point side on December 12th and I got a pic of a buck that just shed a side tonight.

Haha there’s a lot of miles walked where I come up empty handed myself that’s for sure!

Thanks!

I think I see what you’re looking at but I don’t think it was a shed. Haha glad I’m not the only one who is looking for sheds in other peoples videos. Thanks for watching

Haha that’s awesome!

Literally says that in the title of the video. Are you suggesting we shouldn’t allow children to be outdoors in nature? Lock up all the kids so they are totally unaware of how nature works. I took this video close to where I live.

Basically as the year progresses coyotes and other fur bearing animals will damage their guard hairs from going under fences, through brush, crawling in dens ect. Coyotes typically will have that in the middle of their back and sometimes on their hind legs from laying in the snow and pulling hair out when their hair freezes to it.

@tonyvanasten ahh I see, thank you for the info.

Ya same here. It really sucks

tf? it always happens in nature. so if you interfere, the mink goes home with no food, and when its crippled of starvation, you won't feel anything just because it isnt as cute as the rabbit? i feel bad for the rabbit, but you cant always save animals

​​@@imjustachiIIguyI'm sure the rabbit needs to feed its family 2 works both ways how did cuteness get in here this has nothing to do with cuteness its all about survival

No because they have a heart of stone

@@ralphmoore6186 you all are supporting the rabbit because its cute and its cries are pitiful but if a cat shredded a mink apart you wouldnt cry because its not cute. also, rabbits asre herbivores. you cant kill something and take it back to your family. the babies get their own food.

Thanks!

Thanks a lot, I appreciate it.

Ya you could tell she went into panic mode. Tried to cross a little creek, probably after seeing a coyote in the timber and when she started slipping they pushed her down the creek where the it dumped into the Mississippi River. A lot less snow out there and she was screwed then.

This was in the Iowa/Wisconsin driftless area.. the coyote numbers in the hills there are insane.

Thanks man, hope all is well on your end too. I’m excited to see you get after it again later this year.

Thanks for watching.. we don’t have tons of badgers around here, I would think they would be a nightmare for ranchers and farmers

Haha that is some very sound advice! Thanks for watching

Thanks.. I’ve had similar experiences with videos. I typically turn the volume down, just food for thought. Another option would be subtitles. Appreciate the feedback, I’m definitely not an expert when it comes to making a KZbin video.

Thank you!

I think around a dozen. A few of those were smaller dead bucks that I just cut the antlers off of.

Have you ever used a battery operated DeWalt sawsall to cut antlers off of a dead buck ? A small sawsall I mean, it does the job very well and it's light to carry around in a knapsack

@@locatlocat3514I just put some bigger tires on my table saw and I wheel that with me while I shed hunt

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