Good content! I hunt Michigan public land and have yet to find a shed. I've probably walked over several dating back to the late 90's. Most of our bucks are 1.5 year dorks so it's easy to overlook the smaller antlers. Hoping to find my first soon!
Rewatching some of your videos getting excited about this year!! I always watch your videos during season to keep me motivated when I'm out there! Loved when you went out of state and didn't know the area - I was like I need to do that!! Did so on a trip to IL and found the one and only for the year lol!! You're a bit North of me and start high pressure areas in beginning of Feb? Any recommendations for start in Missouri?
I start on city park areas where there’s no hunting with tons of deer in small area in mid to late January. I usually save private land areas until early March. I plan on going back to Iowa in late February this year.
That first big 4pt shed isn't this years shed. The chews, the green and black funk on the pedicle, all take time to develop, obviously less time for the chews than the funk. The faded color in the tines and main beam. As a viewer, it appears the shed is from the year before. If it were this years, that pedicle would be snow white and/or bloody. Great find regardless! 🔥
I knew that first big 4 was old. But that last one In the video I thought was fresh but after looking at it more it is definitely old. It has a little bit of green on the base and nothing is green this time of the year.
You can loose a wax ring within days/weeks some stay on longer than others, rain, snow can remove them quick. Also possums chew/bit them also, more than coyotes here.I watched a fox lick the burr of a fresh shed for 10 minutes then piss on it , carry it off then drop it and kept on going.
We are still in a drought here. Been dry all last summer and fall and we are way behind on snowfall. Looks like I’ll be able to get out more in February this year. Last year at this time we had 8-12in of snow.
Sweet, we’ve been lucky here this year with not much snow. Last year at this same time we had over a foot on the ground and I didn’t find much in February
Never know what they die from , I had one come threw the woods and lay down and die in front of my deer stand , it had a tiny puncher on its neck looked like from a 22 just nicked it's juggler and it's throat ,blead out into it's stomic , turned out it was not from a bullet , so who knows ? Another deer , cat , fell on a sapling ?
Yeah that’s crazy, Mother Nature must kill them more than I realized. Every time I find a dead deer I would always assume it was shot or hit on the rd.
I am a little later than everybody else but great video I am going almost all day tomorrow and last weekend I found my biggest ever a decent side of a 8 By the way I’ve only found eight shits
Don't you always wish for a big PAIR of really nice antlers that drop together? I'm always looking for those but don't ever find them. Hope you do--you seem to have lots of LUCK/SUCCESS!!
That big heavy 4 point with the big brow was definitely old, I don’t know what I was thinking when I found it. I have found sheds in May with white bases. The only thing that can turn the base of an antler gray or green is sitting out the whole year.
@@wisconsinwhitetail9744 blue tongue can kill a deer in as little as 2 days. It was a big problem here in South Dakota this year. Sometimes you don’t even see any physical symptoms of it. How close was it to water? And was it’s head facing the water?
@@wisconsinwhitetail9744 blue tongue is just a parasite that affects the brain. They get it from getting bit by flys and different insects during a drought. My dad and I had a pretty nice 4x4 walk in circles in front of our blind this year. Looked completely healthy other then the fact it was walking around aimlessly
@@shanewhitman4312 it was January and under 20 degrees. I don’t think there were too many flies out. All the water in the marsh was frozen over a month ago.
I know squirrels obviously chew on them. For many many years I always thought those little tiny bite marks on the tines were from mice but think about it why would a mouse climb all the way up to the top of points to chew on it, if it was mice they would be chewing on the main beam where it’s sitting on the ground. I have found plenty of old sheds laying right on top of the grass like they were set there by some thing or someone and chewed up like crazy on the points. And I have also found an old shed on one of my walking trails to my tree stand in October and it wasn’t there the many other times I went to hunt a couple weeks prior. Something had moved it there. Plus there’s a big grassy hill that I shed hunt on with tons of coyote dens and I have found many sheds up there in the past and almost all of them have those same bite marks. I heard someone talking about it on a shed hunting forum page one - two years ago and ever since then have totally believed it. I found about 50 something sheds last year and at least a dozen of them had these chew marks on them and some more than others.
Can't believe those tracks went right by it. Makes me wonder how many sheds I've walked by lol
Yeah crazy, I’m sure I’ve walk by quite a few over the years.
Good content! I hunt Michigan public land and have yet to find a shed. I've probably walked over several dating back to the late 90's. Most of our bucks are 1.5 year dorks so it's easy to overlook the smaller antlers. Hoping to find my first soon!
Yeah that’s rough. There’s alot of pressure here too. Every year I am seeing more and more footprints on the public ground during shed season
Rewatching some of your videos getting excited about this year!! I always watch your videos during season to keep me motivated when I'm out there! Loved when you went out of state and didn't know the area - I was like I need to do that!! Did so on a trip to IL and found the one and only for the year lol!! You're a bit North of me and start high pressure areas in beginning of Feb? Any recommendations for start in Missouri?
I start on city park areas where there’s no hunting with tons of deer in small area in mid to late January. I usually save private land areas until early March. I plan on going back to Iowa in late February this year.
That first big 4pt shed isn't this years shed. The chews, the green and black funk on the pedicle, all take time to develop, obviously less time for the chews than the funk. The faded color in the tines and main beam. As a viewer, it appears the shed is from the year before. If it were this years, that pedicle would be snow white and/or bloody. Great find regardless! 🔥
I knew that first big 4 was old.
But that last one In the video I thought was fresh but after looking at it more it is definitely old. It has a little bit of green on the base and nothing is green this time of the year.
@@wisconsinwhitetail9744 love your edits! Congrats on the finds!
Great video! I can’t believe you found that dying deer, hopefully he didn’t suffer long. Looking forward to future videos!
Thanks, yeah I know that was a first for me.
Absolute favorite channel for shed hunting!
Thank you 👍
From northern wisconsin found a match set 10 just a foot apart last week . He a 135 class buck. I enjoy ur videos
Awesome 👍
I’ve been looking for last two weeks and found nothing yet but this motivates me to get out this weekend. I’m in southern Wisconsin also.
Good luck
Some great finds! You are giving me the itch!
Thanks 👍
I saw you’ve found a couple this year too already. Good luck on finding some of those big ones sheds.
MAN THATS AMAZING!!!!! SOMETIMES ITS HARD TO LOOK EVERYSINGLE DETAIL BUT MAN YOU DID AMAZING
Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good 😆
You can loose a wax ring within days/weeks some stay on longer than others, rain, snow can remove them quick. Also possums chew/bit them also, more than coyotes here.I watched a fox lick the burr of a fresh shed for 10 minutes then piss on it , carry it off then drop it and kept on going.
Usually in late March and April is when I first start finding some sheds where the wax ring is gone.
Glad to see your 2022 video. Always first class interesting.Be watching for more.
Here in Pa. most still carrying.
We are still in a drought here. Been dry all last summer and fall and we are way behind on snowfall. Looks like I’ll be able to get out more in February this year. Last year at this time we had 8-12in of snow.
good vid.
picked up 11 fresh sheds in 2 days then we got hammered with snow and ice. waitin for some meltin to happen now.
Sweet, we’ve been lucky here this year with not much snow. Last year at this same time we had over a foot on the ground and I didn’t find much in February
I look forward to these shed videos every year!
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Man, that dying buck made me sad, poor guy
Yeah pretty crazy, felt bad to him too.
Right before I go out shed hunting, great motivation thank you
Your welcome trying to motivate myself too. We got 1-2in of snow last night unfortunately
@@wisconsinwhitetail9744 yeah thats unfortunate, so you're not going back to that spot as you hoped today?
YESSSSSSS, been waiting on this video series
Never know what they die from , I had one come threw the woods and lay down and die in front of my deer stand , it had a tiny puncher on its neck looked like from a 22 just nicked it's juggler and it's throat ,blead out into it's stomic , turned out it was not from a bullet , so who knows ?
Another deer , cat , fell on a sapling ?
Yeah that’s crazy, Mother Nature must kill them more than I realized. Every time I find a dead deer I would always assume it was shot or hit on the rd.
Isn’t that first shed from last year?
Yes, that was in December and fell last year 2021.
Nice work man!🦌😎
Thanks 👍
Nice video look forward to more shed hunting from u
👍 had another good day today
@@wisconsinwhitetail9744 awesome when u coming out with that video. How many did u find
I am a little later than everybody else but great video I am going almost all day tomorrow and last weekend I found my biggest ever a decent side of a 8 By the way I’ve only found eight shits
Sheds*
Awesome, sounds like your now hooked like I am. In a few years you’ll have 100+ shits like me 😉
Don't you always wish for a big PAIR of really nice antlers that drop together? I'm always looking for those but don't ever find them. Hope you do--you seem to have lots of LUCK/SUCCESS!!
Thanks, I rarely ever find matches.
Just amazing video of the dying buck. Unfortunate.
Yeah, crazy
Awesome video
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This is going to be sweet
Hopefully today is sweet too!
@@wisconsinwhitetail9744 good luck
I always keep my side arm on me while I’m shed hunting I would have put that poor deer out of its misery that’s sad nice video
Yeah, felt bad for the poor thing.
That shed sat a year
That big heavy 4 point with the big brow was definitely old, I don’t know what I was thinking when I found it. I have found sheds in May with white bases. The only thing that can turn the base of an antler gray or green is sitting out the whole year.
Awesome finds! I cant wait to get out and find some this year! Good luck!
Thanks…good luck
😀Great vid
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That first buck you found dying was probably dying from blue tongue
Yeah maybe. I don’t know what symptoms Blue Tongue causes but he looked pretty healthy.
@@wisconsinwhitetail9744 blue tongue can kill a deer in as little as 2 days. It was a big problem here in South Dakota this year. Sometimes you don’t even see any physical symptoms of it. How close was it to water? And was it’s head facing the water?
@@wisconsinwhitetail9744 blue tongue is just a parasite that affects the brain. They get it from getting bit by flys and different insects during a drought. My dad and I had a pretty nice 4x4 walk in circles in front of our blind this year. Looked completely healthy other then the fact it was walking around aimlessly
@@shanewhitman4312 it was January and under 20 degrees. I don’t think there were too many flies out. All the water in the marsh was frozen over a month ago.
@@wisconsinwhitetail9744 hmmm yeah I’m not sure I just know we have had a huge problem with it this year in South Dakota
You might need to turn that deer in that was dying to the game warden cause he might have a disease
That was about a month ago now and that deer probably died shortly after I took that video
@@wisconsinwhitetail9744 yeah I'd say ain't much left of him lol
I would have had a warden come and finish it off.
Who told you that coyotes pick up sheds and move them? those teeth marks should be from squirrels and mice chewing on them, not coyotes.
I know squirrels obviously chew on them. For many many years I always thought those little tiny bite marks on the tines were from mice but think about it why would a mouse climb all the way up to the top of points to chew on it, if it was mice they would be chewing on the main beam where it’s sitting on the ground.
I have found plenty of old sheds laying right on top of the grass like they were set there by some thing or someone and chewed up like crazy on the points. And I have also found an old shed on one of my walking trails to my tree stand in October and it wasn’t there the many other times I went to hunt a couple weeks prior. Something had moved it there. Plus there’s a big grassy hill that I shed hunt on with tons of coyote dens and I have found many sheds up there in the past and almost all of them have those same bite marks.
I heard someone talking about it on a shed hunting forum page one - two years ago and ever since then have totally believed it. I found about 50 something sheds last year and at least a dozen of them had these chew marks on them and some more than others.
Feel so bad for that deer.
Yeah, Hopefully he didn’t suffer to much longer
I found one with a double brow time with 7 points
Sweet 👍
Deer will also chew on shed antlers I raise deer and they will chew on them when the antlers are still on there head other deer I mean
Wow, I did not know that. What does deer bite marks look like?
U should call the DNR
I doubt they would do anything.
CWD is killing that deer
I don’t think so, he looks completely healthy, usually CWD deer are skinny and you can see there rib cages.
He also could of been one who was hit on the road and ran. Possible internal bleeding.
His tines are broke. I'd say that deer got his ass kicked and died from exhaustion. Or it's about froze to death..
Maybe, but I had a few pics of him in November with same broken tines.
Chronic waisting disease maybe?
I don’t think so, I thought CWD made them skinny before they died and usually in older deer.
They will have white substance around their nose, it was just a guess
Can happen to any age deer
Sad to see that deer suffering like that. I’d have to put it out of its misery
Yeah, just wonder what killed him. No busy rds nearby
I’d say a it was hit by a car.
Maybe but there’s no busy roads anywhere near where I found it.
Ehd
Maybe, but I doubt it. Not many EHD outbreaks in Wi.