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Shed hunting
#7445536
02/27/19 01:36 PM
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tlk
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when do your deer in South Texas have most of their horns shed? Mid March?
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Re: Shed hunting
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#7445544
02/27/19 01:40 PM
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Hunter Daddy
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I would wait until April 1st for South Texas deer.
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Re: Shed hunting
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#7445609
02/27/19 02:40 PM
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cullbuck
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I'm not gonna waste time looking until mid April. I saw 3 bucks very interested in what looked like a yearling doe last weekend and numerous still clean and active scapes.
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Re: Shed hunting
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#7445640
02/27/19 03:27 PM
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fouzman
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Down in Webb County we start looking in earnest in mid-March on through April. Have one really old buck on camera that has already shed. Everyone else still has their headgear.
Last edited by fouzman; 02/27/19 03:27 PM.
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Re: Shed hunting
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#7445658
02/27/19 03:44 PM
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stxranchman
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In many parts of South Texas it is best to look after April 7-10 IME. Most of the deer will loose their antlers around those dates. The problem in South Texas is a wet year like this one the vegetation will be to tall to find many once they start to drop. A few deer will start in mid March but most will not start to shed till first week of April. If the rattlesnakes are moving then it is time to start to look for sheds. I have also seen bucks chasing doe fawns in early March in La Salle County.
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Re: Shed hunting
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#7446367
02/28/19 12:57 PM
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Pitchfork Predator
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I've got a couple that have shed already. March is ideal before the growth gets too high.
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Re: Shed hunting
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#7447961
03/02/19 02:12 AM
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Novemberyet
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I found a matching pair in my driveway not 20 feet from each other. I figure finding a match is dang rare, finding a matching pair at the same time is almost impossible. I’d better go play the lottery.
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Re: Shed hunting
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#7448751
03/03/19 05:10 PM
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Go shred some of the fields and areas that your target bucks hang out in, then go put a lot of corn out in those areas. With all the tall weeds/grass and possible spring rains, its going to be tough to find fresh sheds this year
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Re: Shed hunting
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#7448845
03/03/19 08:33 PM
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Simple Searcher
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We saw our first bare headed bucks today
"Man is still a hunter, still a simple searcher after meat..." Robert C. Ruark
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Re: Shed hunting
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#7449037
03/04/19 01:16 AM
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RattlesnakeDan
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Bought a new place last week on a few acres and this is my first game camera pic. Still carrying that bone.
Just like Jesus, sometimes you gotta kill some hogs. Lone Star Mesquite . com RattleSnake Dan's Shredding Service
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Re: Shed hunting
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#7450346
03/05/19 05:10 AM
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The Griff
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Found some nice ones last year. Let me see if I can post the pics.
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Re: Shed hunting
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#7450696
03/05/19 03:40 PM
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PMK
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will be heading out to Ozona towards the end of next week to fill feeders ... might be a little early for shed hunting?
"everyone that lives dies but not everyone who dies lived..."
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Re: Shed hunting
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#7450824
03/05/19 05:15 PM
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Exiled
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This was my haul in Williamson Co., four matched sets for the first time ever (prior to this I'd only found one matched set over years of shed hunting), but not the sheds from the two big bucks that live in the area (Big Eight and Ten Plus Kicker). I'm sure *everyone* in this area is looking for those!
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Re: Shed hunting
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#7450854
03/05/19 05:35 PM
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titan2232
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will be heading out to Ozona towards the end of next week to fill feeders ... might be a little early for shed hunting? Several weeks early for Val Verde and surrounding from my experience
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Re: Shed hunting
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#7450962
03/05/19 07:07 PM
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BayouGuy
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I don't make a point of shed hunting. But have found a few sticking out of the tires of my four-wheeler.
If you can't laugh at yourself, give me a call. I'll gladly laugh at you. "I keep trying to see Nancy Pelosi's and Chuck Schumer's point of view, but I can't seem to get my head that far up my [censored]." Senator John Kennedy, Louisiana
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Re: Shed hunting
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#7451118
03/05/19 09:30 PM
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PMK
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yep, I don't go hiking all over the place either looking, but usually around my feed pens and known fence crossings. I also got one in my truck tire last year backing up to a feed pen and happen to see it in my rear view mirror
"everyone that lives dies but not everyone who dies lived..."
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Re: Shed hunting
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#7451272
03/06/19 12:20 AM
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WatersFowler
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you boys watch them reptiles....
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