SheddinVA's Log

Couldn't take it any longer and started walking earlier in the year in some new spots seeing if they would be worth my time this spring and managed to pick up a few. Up to five so far, four old and one fresh break.

Image 1 - old spike
Image 2 and 3 - old 2 point
Image 4 - old 4 point
Image 5 - old 4 point
Image 6 and 7 - freshly broken 3 point

 

Already on a roll; good job!

 

Nice! Good luck this year, looks like you got a great start

 

Thanks, hopefully I can keep up the pace. Last year was a record year so I wouldn't mind breaking that one.

 

I'd surely take you as a team member again!

 

Great start.

 

holy crap! I better get to it! yikes! great finds so far for ya.

 

Thanks everyone

 

I remember that. You literally carried us last year!! Great job!!

 

Yeah, my back's still hurting lol

That was a first for me for sure, I just got lucky with new spots so hopefully the bucks are still hanging out in those areas

 

Got out for a few hours yesterday but only found a couple deadheads.

 

man you're rolling. you better save some for later!

 

I'm hoping whatever I find later will be fresh haha

 

Found number 6 today. Made a quick stop on the way to work and found an old one near the highway.

 

Another old dead head today. Looks like he would have had a cool rack if it wasn't all chewed up.

 

Heard some fresh ones were found in VA today so I went out at lunch but only found 3 deadheads. One nice one that someone beat me to and cut the antlers off, a 3 pt with a lot of mass to be so young, and a nice 8 that would have been really nice next year.

 

Found number 7 today. It's a match to one I found last year but it was too green when I hit the area so I missed it.

It's a match to one of the below but I won't know which until later this evening. All three are the same buck from two different years.

 

Finally reunited. I found 2 sheds off the same buck last year but one was fresh and one was a year old. Looks like the one I found yesterday is a match to the oldest shed so the fresher one is still out there somewhere. Jumped 6 deer, 5 of which were still packing really nice racks so hopefully I didn't blow it by hitting it too early but it does feel good to finally match up one of them.

All 3 together. Looks like he is probably starting to go downhill but hopefully I will find at least one from him this year and see if that's the case

 

congrats on the find!

 

Walked quite a bit of ground but only found a deadhead. He was missing one side but it looked like he had been hit by a car and broke that side and part of his other brow tine off. I did see a single file line of 20 or so does that proceeded to walk across the trail 20 yards in front of me which was pretty cool.