sureshot Posted January 30, 2005 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 Todya I sen a 160-170" typ whitetial i ahve been watching all winter, he is only 1/2 racked, I sat back and glassed all the fileds around and could not see anyhting sticking up, plus I glassed him for nearly a hour seeign if the other side will drop no luck, How long will the side stay on usually? going to be a hard find, he is runnign abotu a 360 acre pea fiield and 3 big slouhgs and a 40 acre thick treed farmyard!going to be a hard find so far apart but i am going to do my best next weekend, jsut wondering how long apart, if ti fell tonight I will ahve a chance at the second one if not who knows were lol!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longislandhunter Posted January 30, 2005 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 Re: how long? Could be any day now, just keep watching if you can. good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LDB Posted January 30, 2005 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 Re: how long? Usually the big boys don't hang on to a half-rack very long. That's why most side-by-side set finds tend to be larger antlers. I'd say a 160-170 class whitetail would only have a day at the most between dropping both sides. The small guys are a different story. I've been watching one small half-racked whitetail that has been carrying around only 1 side for more than a week now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sureshot Posted January 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 Re: how long? the big boy was still carring his left side today!To bad its 40 miles away and i will not get to check it out till next weekend, just do not want to walk in and serch and spook them if he has 1/2 still on his head, good thing is he is in the exact spot I have seen him at for 3 weekends now! If we do not get more snow or big melt this week I should be able to find him!I said 160-170 earlier, i am thinking bigger now after seeing him from 200 yards, his mas is awsome,I would say 6" allthe way through, g1-5" g2-10 g3-12, g4-8, beams are super long and width is abotu 22" , can't wait to find the monster sheds, only hting that worries me is i see the neighbor has put out a few bails to feed them and draw them into his posted stuff,not sure if eh wants the antlers or just being nice lol, I know he will not allow anyone on from talkign to the guys whos land he is on now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saskbuck40 Posted January 30, 2005 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 Re: how long? They'll shed anywhere from the same time, to 2 days apart. We have scouted one this year that dropped them 40-48 hours apart. I was amazed. I have never heard of them hangin on that long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted January 31, 2005 Report Share Posted January 31, 2005 Re: how long? i agree, the large bucks i see around here only have their second side on for 2 days at the most after they lost their first side. the small ones i have saw for weeks with one side. keep looking, good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaskMan Posted January 31, 2005 Report Share Posted January 31, 2005 Re: how long? I'm going to disagree a little bit here. I'd say it depends on the deer. This pic is 4 sheds from the deer I shot this year, the front 2 are a set I found 7 days apart. I kow he carried the one side for 7 days b/c I searched the area high and low every day until I found it.....about 50 yards from where the other one was. There was no way on earth I could have missed it 6 days in a row. It was a big shed, over 3lbs, 6 7/8" base. I am definately going to say it depends on the deer for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaskMan Posted January 31, 2005 Report Share Posted January 31, 2005 Re: how long? MikeThompson, not retired, like you, I was was lucky to get in the last hour of daylight after work but I was obsessed and kept pounding the area when i got home each night, found it on the sunday, 7 days after the right side, near old boot prints, quad tracks, skidoo tracks etc.. I guarantee that shed wasn't missed by myself and others, it was carried that long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sasksheds Posted January 31, 2005 Report Share Posted January 31, 2005 Re: how long? I'm with Saskman.Same time or up to a week apart.Depending on conditions & the particular deer.I have found the match to a part deer over a mile away from the first one & a week apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sureshot Posted February 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 Re: how long? Mike I know alst fall I spent prob 200+ hours pounding the bush, lots of time with my 2 daughters, ended up finding close to 200 sheds, most were becouse of a hard winter and the deer were herded really good, this year will be alot tougher inmy part, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 Re: how long? In all the years of hunting sheds I've found a dozen or so. In reading about other shed hunters in here, it seems to me, and I might be way off, but it seems to me the people that have the best luck in finding sheds have 2 things in common: #1--They walk their a$$ off, and #2--They live in wide open spaces. Seems to me the guys in Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, etc.--states that typically have larger wooded tracts have a tougher time finding sheds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaskBucks Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 Re: how long? MikeThompson,that is unfortunate you cannot get access to land...it is really hard finding antlers in the bush, a lot are found in crop adjacent to bush and pasture land Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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