help on finding sheds

[cowboy hunter]

i need some help on finding sheds..... i usealy go every day after school ,,,,, ive probably done that for 5 years...........i have never found one horn in my LIFE and ide just like a few tips on horn huntin

[WFGinNM]

Are you looking for Elk or Deer? Most of the elk here where I live in NM have already dropped their antlers, find areas with fairly fresh sign and start hiking and glassing. Antler hunting is not about how many antlers you find in an hour, but how many you find per miles you walk.

 

Goodluck and keep us posted,

 

--Bill

 

 

[cowboy hunter]

so should i look up canyons or draws or on the open flats

[Non-Typical Solutions]

To quote the great Randy Ulmer, sorry Randy, "look where the antlers are!" Technically that is a misquote. In one of Randy's hunting articles he listed 10 steps to being a successful hunter and one of his steps is to "Glass where the game are."

 

Try to think of where the animals might have been during the winter but have now started moving to summer grounds.

Some years you can find them where they spent the winter, other years somewhere between winter and summer.

 

Found some in the flats, some on the tops of ridges, some of them on the steepest side of a ridge you could imagine. Some of them in stuff so thick you couldn't imagine an elk fitting through.

 

In Unit 10 you can walk for miles and miles and never see an elk, deer or an antler so make sure you try to pinpoint high concentration areas of where the critters hang out during prime time dropping.......

 

Good luck out there and go find em......

[Santana Outdoors]

 

Cody,

 

I also like to look in areas that help them drop, bottom canyons when the jump accross, Fence lines are great.

 

 

[AZantlerhead]

I know this guy who had the same problem for a year or two......He finally found his first while actually lookin for umm and has now packed over a thousand...... uhh ummm- Jason, pm this guy and help him out. 5 years, ouch---but my my the dedication, if you had direction you'd slay umm,

Amazed at your effort- don't give up buddy, do you have an adult to take you shed hunting?

[Rag Horn]

You know I do not have much for advice for horn finding because I do not find very many horns myself but I can offer you my horn huntin good luck poem…

 

AFTER THEY HAVE FALLEN

 

Collectin horns is our mission

Brown tines and heavy mass were a wishin

Crawlin threw the brush like a bear

And puffin that mountain air

I will find them on the ground

I will find them while they are brown

I will find them when they’ve turned white

I will find them all with delight

I will find them under a tree

I will find more than three

Maybe four

Hopefully more

When I find um I will hoot and holler

Then pack them out on my buddy’s collar

With a day full of luck

We will head back to the truck

 

 

Sorry I know that does not help the bone pile up but maybe it will bring you some good luck….. keep your eyes pealed the antlers are always never where you expect them….

 

[assassin]

Keep up that motivation. Once you get into them it gets into your blood and you'll end up giving others advice in a few years. Trust me. Just keep surching that rim county.

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[azbownunter22]

 

 

You know I do not have much for advice for horn finding because I do not find very many horns myself but I can offer you my horn huntin good luck poem…

 

AFTER THEY HAVE FALLEN

 

Collectin horns is our mission

Brown tines and heavy mass were a wishin

Crawlin threw the brush like a bear

And puffin that mountain air

I will find them on the ground

I will find them while they are brown

I will find them when they’ve turned white

I will find them all with delight

I will find them under a tree

I will find more than three

Maybe four

Hopefully more

When I find um I will hoot and holler

 

I could not would not in a box

I would not could not with a fox

Then pack them out on my buddy’s collar

With a day full of luck

We will head back to the truck

 

 

Sorry I know that does not help the bone pile up but maybe it will bring you some good luck….. keep your eyes pealed the antlers are always never where you expect them….

 

I would not could not in a box

I could not would not with a fox

 

Sorry, Just got done listing to my daughter reading Green Eggs and Ham.

[Coach]

If you look at some of the stud shed-finders on this site, you might think it's almost easy to go snag a backpack full of antler sheds. Every Spring I go out looking for horns, walking miles day after day, finding bulls still wearing their headgear and trying to get them to run through thick enough stuff to make them drop. It always amazes me how these guys set out to find sheds and actually do it.

 

Almost every shed I've found has been purely accidental - during a turkey hunt or some such nonesense, and usually close to a road. The funny part is, I've hiked an amazing amount of country while shed hunting, scouting, or just trying to get to know an area and I have NEVER walked up on or glassed a good shed - save for the San Carlos rez where I didn't dare pick any up. The small ones I've found have been purely coincidence.

 

The guys that find good horns, and lots of them are right here on this site. They put serious miles on their boots. They do their homework and follow herds all through the year. Hunting sheds is a great way to get to know the habits of deer and elk, and every hour you spend out there looking for sheds will eventually pay off. You'll have a better understanding of their habits and patterns. Keep up the good work but try not to be discouraged when you aren't finding any. It will come - at least that's what I keep telling myself - LOL.

[AZP&Y]

Go on ebay. JK....

 

Man that's a tough question...I would also mention conditioning. Be in the best shape you can and walk where most people won't.

 

Stay safe and you may even find a nice Lion Kill , which can be as exciting as finding 10 sheds - It's if a nice fresh brown buck.

 

AzP&Y

[Pixman]

I have found a few sheds over the years but haven't found any elk sheds in years so I decided this was the year! I have tried 4 different times and places and hiked about 12 miles and didn't find anything not even an old one! I did see elk every trip so I know I am going in elk country but it isn't easy. Keep trying and dont think that everyone finds antlers all the time , you just see the people that have had success on here not the unsuccessful trips!