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Shedding time... #7086477 02/20/18 10:14 PM
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Has anyone found any sheds yet? Heading out to the ranch this weekend to fill protein and check cameras, just trying to see if anyone has seen pictures or knows if they are dropping their sheds yet. Thanks

Re: Shedding time... [Re: rangertaylor] #7086478 02/20/18 10:17 PM
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They have started for sure

Re: Shedding time... [Re: rangertaylor] #7086486 02/20/18 10:25 PM
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Most the bucks around here don’t loose them until after Easter

Re: Shedding time... [Re: rangertaylor] #7086494 02/20/18 10:29 PM
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Not on my place in Eastland county


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Re: Shedding time... [Re: rangertaylor] #7086498 02/20/18 10:33 PM
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Haven't seen any in Lee county yet. Seems a little early for our neck of the woods.


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Re: Shedding time... [Re: rangertaylor] #7086506 02/20/18 10:42 PM
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We are finding them on the smaller bucks now in southern Dickens county.


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Re: Shedding time... [Re: rangertaylor] #7086511 02/20/18 10:50 PM
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Found a few singles and one set in Brady this weekend. However, most of the bucks I saw on foot still had their antlers. I'd say about 1 in 4 have dropped.

Re: Shedding time... [Re: rangertaylor] #7086521 02/20/18 10:56 PM
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Found a small single in one of my feeder pens a couple of weeks ago. Shackleford County.


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Re: Shedding time... [Re: rangertaylor] #7086525 02/20/18 11:00 PM
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Buddy flew his place in west texas last week and said about 1/2 the bucks had dropped.


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Re: Shedding time... [Re: rangertaylor] #7086538 02/20/18 11:12 PM
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I have found a couple from smaller Bucks

Re: Shedding time... [Re: rangertaylor] #7086894 02/21/18 02:59 AM
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Just tonight got a pic that told me something:


He is missing something! Wanted to find at least one side of him this year to see how thick his mass was.

He will likely be a hit lister next year


Re: Shedding time... [Re: rangertaylor] #7086895 02/21/18 03:01 AM
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I believe this guy has completely shed:


Have no clue which buck it is though, but this guy was seen on camera before the one above so I know it isn’t the same buck

Re: Shedding time... [Re: rangertaylor] #7086980 02/21/18 04:17 AM
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I have found a few from younger bucks

Re: Shedding time... [Re: Sparta] #7086983 02/21/18 04:24 AM
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Originally Posted By: Sparta
Found a few singles and one set in Brady this weekend. However, most of the bucks I saw on foot still had their antlers. I'd say about 1 in 4 have dropped.

Near Menard we are seeing sheds already, a month earlier than the last several years.


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Re: Shedding time... [Re: rangertaylor] #7087375 02/21/18 04:05 PM
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Last year we were finding them around this time in Coleman County, but with this goofy Texas weather I wasn't sure if they had started yet

Re: Shedding time... [Re: rangertaylor] #7087391 02/21/18 04:24 PM
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They started dropping around here the first of December.....Weird year.


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Re: Shedding time... [Re: rangertaylor] #7087393 02/21/18 04:27 PM
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I sat in my stand a few times last weekend in Stonewall county and every buck I saw still had their headgear.

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Made a trip to Utopia, Tx (Uvalde County) last weekend. Saw two bucks with antlers still.....

Re: Shedding time... [Re: rangertaylor] #7087819 02/21/18 09:26 PM
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still have them around Georgetown ... just drove thru the old country club subdivision last weekend, saw lots of head gear, even saw a pretty decent 8 point chasing a yearling or fawn doe like a mad man.


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Re: Shedding time... [Re: rangertaylor] #7089050 02/22/18 08:50 PM
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If I was younger I would train a Lab to hunt sheds.......


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Re: Shedding time... [Re: rangertaylor] #7089079 02/22/18 09:08 PM
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Nothing dropping in the hill country yet.

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It getting close, but still alot with antlers being seen on the bucks on game camera

Re: Shedding time... [Re: snake oil] #7089751 02/23/18 05:13 AM
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Originally Posted By: snake oil
If I was younger I would train a Lab to hunt sheds.......


And I could keep it rented out. It amazes me that someone hasn't figured out you could make a decent living with a good shed dog down here. I know SEVERAL people who would pay $500 bucks for a few individual deer sheds. There's a bunch of people I don't know...

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I was out feeding today and saw a group of 10 or 12 bucks all chasing one doe. I HATE that. But it happens when the stragglers start coming into estrus. Crossing my fingers they don't kill each other.

My mature bucks won't lose theirs till mid April. Because there will still be some young does to breed.


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Surprised to see a bunch running around with headgear still. This was from today.


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