Some folks take shed hunting more seriously than actual hunting. Scroll through the following photos and you’ll begin to see why. And while most shed hunters will never pick up a set of record-class ...

“Shed season” is finally here. Well, one could take that a couple ways. Some would guess that we are preparing for spring cleanup now that winter is on the run and it’s finally March. But many others ...

Some of the biggest whitetail bucks ever to walk this earth were never fooled by a hunter, nor found dead by anyone. More than one had the headgear to become B&C and P&Y world records, but none is ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lust or greed, many a trespasser is drawn to farmland by deer sheds. In late winter or early spring, when antlers drop, the lure of shed treasure is a powerful pull to the public, despite purple paint ...

The holistic approach to whitetail herd management adopted by most in recent years means even though the deer hunting season ends in six days, contact with and active observation of deer herds ...

WILDLIFE WATCHING — Deer, elk and moose males have been shedding their antlers in preparation for growing new and often larger sets, which play a role in fall breeding seasons. They’re not all on the ...