Shedding time...

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

They have started for sure

Most the bucks around here don’t loose them until after Easter

Not on my place in Eastland county

Haven't seen any in Lee county yet. Seems a little early for our neck of the woods.

We are finding them on the smaller bucks now in southern Dickens county.

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.

Found a small single in one of my feeder pens a couple of weeks ago. Shackleford County.

Buddy flew his place in west texas last week and said about 1/2 the bucks had dropped.

I have found a couple from smaller Bucks

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

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

I have found a few from younger bucks

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

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

They started dropping around here the first of December.....Weird year.

I sat in my stand a few times last weekend in Stonewall county and every buck I saw still had their headgear.

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

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.

If I was younger I would train a Lab to hunt sheds.......

Nothing dropping in the hill country yet.

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

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...

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.

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

Nice bucks!

That 10 on the right is a new buck I’ve never seen. Glad he made it through, he will be good looking next year if he hangs around. Hope to find his sheds.

Here is a better picture of him.

Found a few small ones in Eastland on Saturday

Gonna go check some cams tomorrow. If I find bucks on cam with no antlers I will walk a few miles looking and see if I can find anything.

Checked cams today and only had a couple young deer missing antlers. Put in 6 miles of walking looking for antlers but didn't find anything.

We have both a low fence and a high fence operation and the one thing I can say that seems to be consistent on our place in Erath and Stephens Country is the older, bigger bucks seem to drop their horns much earlier than the smaller , younger bucks.
Not sure why but in my logic they need longer to grow bigger horns.
We found several big set of sheds a week or two ago but based on what we see at the feeders and what's on the cameras most of the smaller, youngers bucks still have their headgear.
Just what we've been seeing

5 miles south of Cross Plains 2 weeks ago still had their horns,and quit a few deer have showed up on camera that we have never seen before.

Bigger ones drop just because of weight of them. Find them just across fences and places they jump and land etc...

I find about 50 times as more in a field or feeder than I do on a fence line. I say that because I usually find right at 100 a year (I have had good years with more) and only find a few near a fence.

I found these at the end of February in Val Verde county. I had videoed this deer early during the 2017 season. They were less than 5 yards apart.

Went out again this weekend and started finding them, I only saw one buck that still had headgear on camera. It sure is nice seeing those questionable bucks make it through the season for next year.

Was in NW Edwards County this past weekend. Sat in a blind just to see what came up, saw 4 bucks. 2 with both horns, 2 without any.

We saw some bucks running around on our lease this last weekend. All still had their antlers, except one that had dropped on one side. So, it's that time. Stephens County.

Chad are you still close to Caddo? I need to get you my .22 Creedmoor to work up a load when it's finished...........Sorry for the derail OP.

Picked these us last week with a 18 inch spread we scored them at 207

That's awesome when you find a pair like that, and it looks like he would have scored even higher if he hadn't broken some off.

Holy Toledo.