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Antler King · Jan 24, 2011

Been out a few times this year so far with the dog. Most of the deer are still packing both sides but I have seen a lot with a single antler as well. The hard winter should make for easy picking this year. Seems to be pretty tough on the animals though.

JCS · Jan 24, 2011

That shed in the water is cool looking. I usually find several myself but there are all in the sage brush.

nylogger · Jan 24, 2011

Great finds. We don't find many sheds around here, because spikes lie flat.

Calvin · Jan 24, 2011

That's awesome. Is your dog trained to find sheds without you pointing them out?

BirdDogWebb · Jan 24, 2011

Nice finds Antler King ! I've been waiting on you to post more of your finds. I'm still impressed from your "yard" pic of horns. Nice dog work too.
That's going to be my next dog - an antler dog.

Mudranger1 · Jan 24, 2011

man that's a big dead buck...awesome but a very nasty pic

Big luke1981 · Jan 24, 2011

Congrats on a nice day out, looks like you found some cool sheds!!!!!

Mudranger1 · Jan 24, 2011

and how does one train a dog to find sheds?

Antler King · Jan 24, 2011

Calvin said:
That's awesome. Is your dog trained to find sheds without you pointing them out?

Yea he does pretty well. Last year he found 76 on his own. Now thats he's 3 years old I'm hoping he does better than last year, still having a little bit of trouble with him chasing mice though.

jore07 · Jan 24, 2011

Thats pretty cool about your dog. How did you do train him? I've never actually heard anything like that.

On a side note I noticed your from Ronan I have a ton of family in that area and lived there for awhile when I was younger. It is a beautiful area. Where do you do your shed hunting if you don't mind me asking?

Calvin · Jan 24, 2011

I tried to train my lab to be an antler dog.. She was 4 at the time. Didn't work out too well. I think I need to start with a pup.

Bwana · Jan 24, 2011

Might have to see if my pup would be up to fetching antlers sometime after the snow melts. Neat idea.

angels2011 · Jan 24, 2011

Finally went out tonight here in SW MT, everything I saw had both antlers still. I'm sure some have dropped but I didn't find any.

ashersdad · Jan 24, 2011

Those pictures are awesome!! Dang, that's a big ol dead head. Any idea how he died?

wingman1 · Jan 25, 2011

Pretty cool stuff right there. Nice looking dog.

Dinkshooter · Jan 25, 2011

What is this shed hunting thing? Sounds interesting.

Lawnboy · Jan 25, 2011

Dinkshooter said:
What is this shed hunting thing? Sounds interesting.

Don't play stupid with me Mister

xrayts · Jan 26, 2011

jore07 said:
Thats pretty cool about your dog. How did you do train him?

My Lab is 3 years old, but I think I'll start trying to train her. Sounds like a great way to get her out and have fun.

I found this guys story how he trained his dog.
http://www.northamericanwhitetail.com/huntingtactics/ht_0903sheds/

Zach · Jan 29, 2011

Cool finds, how does it look like the buck in the last pic died?

Antler King · Jan 31, 2011

Zach said:
Cool finds, how does it look like the buck in the last pic died?

I couldn't tell due to the condition of the deer, but since I have found dead bucks in the area before I would say it died from poachers since the patch of timber is bordered on 3 sides by county roads and spotlighters seem to frequent the area.

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