2020 Shed season

Picked up my first fresh shed of the season December 15th. First fully shed buck on camera for me was December 13th with 2 more shedding out on the 14th.

Only a couple bucks have shed by out farm by la crosse.

Pretty quiet on this thread....any updates? Anybody seeing antlered deer on cams still? I don’t live near where I hunt and haven’t been up in a couple months, just curious what others are seeing?

I figured it’s still a bit early?? I haven’t heard any chatter lately if people are seeing bucks with antlers still. I actually saw a small 8ptr today with both sides. 

Walked roughly 2 miles on Friday in central WI --- the snowpack makes for a MISERABLE trek. None found - I will be waiting until some of the snow resides before going back out. 3-4" of that hard crust before you break through about 16" down. Tough tough going. Really hope the deer can make it through. 

Anyone finding any?

Geez 3 matched sets in one day???? Nice!

Repairing those old antlers and bringing them back to life is a lot of fun, and just another excuse to play with antlers haha.  I didn't get to enjoy this fun walk as I was home with my kids but my parents went for a walk around my gun stand and had one heck of a day for Northern WI!!!

Out driving just before dark yesterday and went past a field with about 10 deer in it 3 of which were bucks, a spike, 6ptr and a 2 1/2 year old 8ptr. All deer had both antlers still. 

My wife found a pretty nice one a couple years ago, it was the previous years shed so the side facing up was bleached. Also, the tip of the main beam was broke or gnawed on so I always thought about trying to restore it for her.  Scouts pics were inspiring!

I thought all my bucks had shed out as of 2 days ago but had one show up this morning. Seems to be the last one holding. 

Awesome work on those sheds scout. I did a little work on a good one i found last year but I am too nervous to try and put stain on it now that i have it fixed. Im nervous i will screw the whole thing up and make it too dark. I have the other side and picked that up fairly fresh so I at least have a color to try and match but I don't know if that will make it harder or not.

Time to start looking! We had a pic of him last week with sides.  We have 50ac of standing corn so I bet it’s in there somewhere.

Wow, Nice work!

Very nice work Scoutking  

Here are a few more pics

Great early finds! My father hit the woods scouting for a late bow set up and he found 3 fresh sheds in the area, so no more hunting for him.  I know a lot of guys are against "fixing" up old sheds but I thought I'd share a few recent restorations that I've worked on.  I fixed a broken tine on a nice buck my dad shot and completely rebuilt a shed my younger cousin found that is his favorite shed.  If anyone is ever interested in fixing up a rack or shed antler, send me a message.  I really enjoy working on antlers.