shedhunternick Posted January 1, 2010 Report Share Posted January 1, 2010 My cousin said to get a cattle feeder, fill it up with corn and hang twine or something above the corn to snare bucks antlers during prime shedding season to pull the antlers off. Just wondering if anyone had tried it in the past? Much like corn can be placed under logs so when deer reach under it jars them lose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stone Cold Posted January 1, 2010 Report Share Posted January 1, 2010 I have tried the logs set up like an Indian T-P but have not had any luck with it. Going to do it again this year too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 I have tried several different things......chicken wire with corn in and around it........A W shaped woven wire with the corn in the tight angles......NONE and I MEAN NONE of it has ever worked. I have lots of pics of bucks eating the corn but never found a shed in the the traps. It seems to me the KNOW where those horns are and don't want to get them tangled up so they are very careful are things...... Good luck hope your works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubledrop Posted January 4, 2010 Report Share Posted January 4, 2010 i have tried several different things and didnt have any luck. i just stick with walking the good old fence lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shedhead Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 if i did that fish and game would have my butt in jail. butt i do always check the fish and game traps they have set up you never know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted January 10, 2010 Report Share Posted January 10, 2010 Can't feed here in NY..Besides a little exercise walking around looking never hurt anyone. Oh yeah and in Iowa, your sheds are so big anyway, can't be that hard to spot in the distance! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shedhunternick Posted January 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2010 I wish I could find big sheds lol. I must be so used to finding the little ones I don't even see the big ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubledrop Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 everybody already found the big ones and left the small ones there for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 I built 2 feeders for my yard last year, and a few antler traps too. I never got any last year, but got to watch a few bucks "ALMOST" lose their antlers in there...LOL They'd come back the next day with one missing, which really ticked me off...LOL :bang: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted January 15, 2010 Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 I saw an idea in Field & Stream and I was always going to try it at my grandparent's or uncle's land were it's legal. What if you dumped corn inside a tall fence. They jump it and then maybe lose their antlers? I don't know what would make the antler trap concept work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 I saw an idea in Field & Stream and I was always going to try it at my grandparent's or uncle's land were it's legal. What if you dumped corn inside a tall fence. They jump it and then maybe lose their antlers? I don't know what would make the antler trap concept work. That is the trick I would try IF I was to do another..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 That is the trick I would try IF I was to do another..... Field & Stream had something similar to what you first said with chicken wire. It's meant to have the antlers bump into it and knock them off. I was simply thinking of somehow to make the fence line/crossing concept work with a single spot. Thus, you could probably build a chicken wire fence around a small area, low enough to have a deer jump over it like a normal fence, to get to say a big pile of corn. It'd take a little while for them to catch on that there's corn there but after that it'd be a high traffic area. Save you walking miles of fence lines or stone walls. Just an idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Field & Stream had something similar to what you first said with chicken wire. It's meant to have the antlers bump into it and knock them off. I was simply thinking of somehow to make the fence line/crossing concept work with a single spot. Thus, you could probably build a chicken wire fence around a small area, low enough to have a deer jump over it like a normal fence, to get to say a big pile of corn. It'd take a little while for them to catch on that there's corn there but after that it'd be a high traffic area. Save you walking miles of fence lines or stone walls. Just an idea. It appears to me that the bucks KNOW where their antlers are and the chicken wire so they very carefully avoid bumping their antlers. I have tried this method a couple years in 2 or 3 different spots on my farm and NEVER had any success with it. I have tons of pictures of bucks eating the corn but like I said they are good about NOT hitting there horns. Like I said the fence idea sounds like a good one....and I have thought of trying it. IF I was to do another type trap thing..... this is what I would do: Feed your corn in an area first and get deer use to coming to that area. THEN put the fence up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 It appears to me that the bucks KNOW where their antlers are and the chicken wire so they very carefully avoid bumping their antlers. I have tried this method a couple years in 2 or 3 different spots on my farm and NEVER had any success with it. I have tons of pictures of bucks eating the corn but like I said they are good about NOT hitting there horns. Like I said the fence idea sounds like a good one....and I have thought of trying it. IF I was to do another type trap thing..... this is what I would do: Feed your corn in an area first and get deer use to coming to that area. THEN put the fence up. I like it. Putting the fence up later is a great idea. Not sure I'll get to it this year but I'll have to try it next year. I think we're onto something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom2008 Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 Be sure to check your regulations for laws against antler traps. Here in MN we can't use antler traps. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
123 4/8 P&Y Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 Just a thought, it might not be such a good idea to tangle a bucks antlers in something so they fall off prematurely. They fall off naturally when they are ready and if you pull them off before that you could possibly put them in danger. I'm no veterinarian but I wouldn't want to risk prematurely exposing delicate tissue on the heads of my local bucks just so I can have their sheds. I think the high fence around a bait pile is the safest idea. Probably the most work though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom2008 Posted January 27, 2010 Report Share Posted January 27, 2010 A fence would be the most ethical way of going about the situation. Usually when deer jump a fence its the downward force after they hit the ground that will bump the antlers off. This way it is natural and it is not necessarily called a trap then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 Here's an idea that have been posted here in the past. http://www.realtree.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29563 Here's a commercial one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
123 4/8 P&Y Posted January 28, 2010 Report Share Posted January 28, 2010 I'll believe it when I see it happen on a trail camera video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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