Elk shed hunting is not that unlike finding shed antlers of whitetails.
Where to find antler sheds in oregon.
Others collect sheds to make chandeliers or other crafts.
Many of the key principles that apply to whitetail and mule deer shed antler hunting are also important when looking for elk sheds.
Take notes from these regional experts.
Sheds are deer and elk antlers that are naturally shed by deer and elk in winter and early spring.
With shed season upon us we are getting a lot of sheep skulls and horns picked up notes phil milburn district wildlife biologist in ontario where a disease outbreak has killed 70 percent of the owyhee unit s bighorn sheep.
Where to look for elk sheds.
Find antler sheds where the deer or elk were when the antlers dropped.
Some shed hunters look for sheds as a way to scout for where animals might be during fall hunting season.
Want to find more shed deer antlers.
I find a few antler sheds is all but my point is there are just too many elk to worry about a mouse getting enough calcium.
There s a certain mystery about antler sheds as they re called.
Antlers that are shed on private land below belong to the landowner under oregon statutes.
A common mistake made by rookie shed hunters is looking for deer sheds where they see deer tracks in the spring.
More about shed hunting in oregon.
Learn how to spot antlers.
I realize this is an old blog but there s actual scientific documentation of bears chewing on antlers.
Look for 3 portions of an antler not the whole antler.
In order to find shed elk antlers there must be elk in the areas you are looking in specifically bull elk that have dropped their antlers.
Steve holte strolls down a thin game trail through a sea of ceanothus and oregon oak keeping his eyes pointed downward looking for a prize he s found 13 000 times in his career as a shed antler.
Walk slowly and stay low.
4 shed hunting experts told us their strategy for finding antlers.
We asked shed hunting experts from across the country for their take on the top weeks of the year the best sorts of habitat and other hacks for finding arm loads of deer sheds.
Add to that the number of blacktails and whitetail bucks rocky mountain and roosevelt bulls and a few moose yes there are moose in oregon.
Especially large ones that evaded us during the hunting season and will soon be just laying about in a coast or cascade forest or.
Look where the deer were in january not april.