Do Bucks Mark Territory with their Sheds?
Mike: I am one of the many who is obsessed with shed hunting. I have traveled across central and northern Wisconsin, and also across a portion of Minnesota in search of the perfect set.
Over the past few years a friend and I have documented where we pick up various-sized sheds. We have come to the conclusion that bigger bucks group together and drive smaller-antlered deer out of a certain area.
This year we have found 2 sets that will score 150+ and another half that will break the 170 to 180 mark. These 5 sheds were found in a straight line from one another heading north to south from a cedar swamp to a ridge/valley habitat. We have looked for days, but there is no sign of smaller bucks in the area.
Also the large sheds are all distinctively similar--they look like grandfather, father, son and so on, with high brow tines and G2s and impressive main beams. This is probably due to genes in the area, but the odd thing is that once we get out of that vicinity, the antler type changes dramatically.
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