A collection of sheds, including a rare pair, the Pattersons have found surround the book “Shed Hunting,” by Joe Shead, a good resource. (Marion Patterson/correspondent) Buy Photo One mild February ...

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 ...

But there’s a sweet spot to shed hunting — go too early and the deer are still wearing their headgear; wait too long and the critters will find them first. Squirrels, mice, porcupines, coyotes, and a ...

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 ...

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Big game animals are dropping their antlers across the West. Moose and whitetails have been shedding since January, followed by mule deer in February and elk through March. Shed hunters in the region ...

FOREST RIVER, N.D. – If this was a baseball game, the regular starters would have been absent, only to be replaced by three rookie fill-ins who came off the bench to take their place. It wasn’t a ...

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 ...