It is great way to get those trophy antlers without having to buy a tag.
Where to find antler sheds in montana.
Every may 15 hundreds of shed hunters line up at the gates of blackfoot clearwater and several other game ranges for a wild dash to find the.
When petersen finds a whitetail shed he scours the area in concentric circles looking for the match.
Montana offers great public land shed antler hunting opportunities.
One thing i have never done is bought an antler or a set.
1 to april 15.
Look where the deer were in january not april.
Fish wildlife monday april 07 2014.
Male elk and deer drop their antlers every spring.
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But he added the smaller the antler the less likely you ll find the second one.
If you find a freshly dropped antler you almost always find the second one within 200 yards of the first one he reported.
Shed hunting has plenty of perks such as.
Many of the key principles that apply to whitetail and mule deer shed antler hunting are also important when looking for elk sheds.
A common mistake made by rookie shed hunters is looking for deer sheds where they see deer tracks in the spring.
Over the years i have traded antlers for antlers.
Where to look for elk sheds.
In utah you can gather sheds statewide with no permit any time of the year except from feb.
Shed hunting can provide a great way to burn off a few of those extra pounds you.
Learn how to spot antlers.
Check opening days for shed antler hunting on wildlife management areas.
During the 80 s i sold 600 brown elk and 1500 deer sheds to help put three daughters through college.
Find antler sheds where the deer or elk were when the antlers dropped.
Elk shed hunting is not that unlike finding shed antlers of whitetails.
Shed hunting is still open year round in the other 11 counties in nevada.
In order to find shed elk antlers there must be elk in the areas you are looking in specifically bull elk that have dropped their antlers.
For more than a mile vehicles line the dusty road into the wma s south entrance.
Shed antler hunters and other recreationists planning to visit a montana wildlife management area are reminded that while many popular wmas open at noon on may 15 several do not open until june 1.
Antler hunting is in my blood.
It is a great way to scout and discover areas you may want to hunt in the fall.
Look for 3 portions of an antler not the whole antler.
It s been over 50 years and i m still hiking in the foothills and mountains looking for antlers.
I jon waraas created this website to help people wanting to sell their antlers easily find a antler buyer.
The riders have been waiting several hours along with more than 200 others for the chance to find a shed deer or elk antler on the 20 000 acre winter range located at the base of the rocky mountain front west of choteau.