Shed hunting at night???

[TAM]

Anyone ever find any sheds at night?

 

This past Saturday night Treestandman, my two boys, and myself went out in the dark to check a couple of my cameras. At about 9:30 PM on our way back to the quads in the pitch dark I'm using my flashlight to see my way and nearly step on this little coues shed. It's not very big, probably 65-70 inches but it's an antler and it was in the dark. Pretty lucky I guess. I found the mule deer shed on Sunday night while trying to get some video of elk. I wish it's main beam wasn't busted off!

 

To top it off two of my boys were with me when we found the antlers and they were pretty exctited to be the ones to pick them up!

 

 

 

[peloncillo]

I've heard of fishing in the dark but not shed hunting. Way to go.

Keven

[azryan]

i think that sounds fun...i always like being out in the woods at night

[BASS]

I found a elk spike shed on Sunday night laying next to the road. Does that count?

[Apache7mm]

good job on the sheds at night! actually my first coues i ever killed was right at dark on the last day and on the way back to the truck we came across 3 coues sheds like the one you have in your pic, we used a flashlight to make it back and along the way there they were 3 times.

 

DAN

[missedagain]

I get lost shed hunting during the day, I would probably never make it out at night!

[25-06]

I used to do a bunch a shed huntin at night......Huntin fer shedin bra's that is

[Azlongears]

Now that was funny Terry, hahhah

[shortpants]

during one of my back country coues hunts I spotted a 110+ class buck walking with a 95 class. I watched them bed down and started my stalk. I had'nt gone 400yds. of the mile hike I had ahead when I jumped a group of deer with a buck I had named family guy because he was always with the same doe and spike. Family guy was a 97'' buck (my guess anyway) and I had him in the crosshairs but could not pull the trigger because I wanted the big 110 class. I made my way to within 400yds. of the 2 bedded bucks and got set up. It was early afternoon so I had to wait forever but finally I saw a deer moving out from behind the thick trees. It was the 95 class and he stepped out to rake his antlers on a branch. I watched him in the scope just waiting for his big brother to make the same mistake. Well I laid there until it was pitch black and no sign of the buck. The 95 had gone back into the trees and apparently bedded back down to. Sorry this is such a long answer to your question but I had to tell the whole story. On the way back to my camp while hiking in the full moonlight, I found a small 3pt. shed laying about 10 yds. off the path I was walking. It really stuck out in the moonlight. Just to finish the story I passed up shots at family guy, the 95 class,and another 95 class 3x4 (on 3 different occasions) and a whole handful of shots at bucks ranging from spikes to 85 class bucks. I went home with a few sheds including my moonlit shed and memories of one of the greatest hunts I have ever experienced! Ten days by myself in the back country, that's paradise!

[Guest Ernesto C]

Shortpants,that's an awesome story,keep them coming and thanks for sharing it.

[Houston Hinton]

Thats cool man. Any antler is a good find!