CHAPMANVILLE, W.Va. — A lot of West Virginia deer hunters spend the down months of January, February, and some of the month of March wandering through the state’s hills and hollows hoping to spot shed ...

The winter doldrums of February can be tough on the hunter. Deer season is months behind, and you have replayed the memories in your head of the buck you chased all fall. Now is the perfect time to ...

Here in Western New York, as soon as the snow starts to leave the hills and fields, it’s time to hunt for “drops,” or whitetail shed antlers. Back in the day “shed hunting” was reserved for a few of ...

Shed hunting comes at the perfect time of year. Big-game seasons are over in most places, and turkey seasons haven’t started yet. That means most of us are looking for a reason to get outside, and ...

Did that big buck make it? That’s what many wildlife watchers and deer hunters want to know as winter ends. Did the buck they were watching make it through the season? Finding an antler can answer ...

Walking in the woods and along the field lines, you never know what you or your dog may find — maybe even an antler that a nice buck recently dropped. White-tailed deer shed their antlers over late ...

I’ve been hunting in the woods lately, but without a firearm or a bow. Vernal pools are boiling with mating wood frogs. Honking geese fill the skies. Trees have not yet begun to bud so the sun is warm ...

Antlers are a big reason why many hunt for deer and elk. I’m not saying it’s right, but it is the truth. The desire for big bucks continues to increase as the number of big bucks also increases on the ...

When a Mississippi hunter got in his blind on the opening day of the early archery season, the hunt didn't look very promising. He was dealing with a deer with a pattern that made him almost ...

Shed hunting is the pursuit for antlers cast off by members of the deer (cervidae) family, including whitetail and mule deer, elk, caribou, and moose. Every year in late winter or early spring, bucks ...

Buck, a 12-year-old wire fox terrier, has a knack for finding shed antlers in the woods and fields near his home in Unionville, Pennsylvania. Buck has found approximately 35-40 antlers, mostly smaller ...