Very cool story and an even better hunt. Love it when a plan comes together like that. But one question still remains….did Roger bring you that beer you requested?

Drool…

Great buck! I know how much time and effort you put into that spot. Glad you got to reap the rewards! Congrats on a fine SD buck

I’ve seen nothing but velvet bucks so far. Another week might be a different story though. In my neck of the woods a majority of the bucks are out of velvet by Sept 1st.

Thanks for the update. I believe they did the right thing. It was certain death for both the bucks if they would have done nothing. At least they gave them a chance even if the odds of survival were slim.

Awesome footage! Hat’s off to those guys for their effort.

Unbelievable! The driver didn’t even react all that much when the deer came through the windshield.

I too would like to hear some audio.

Nice work!

Saving a lot of flat tires on farm equipment if nothing else. Sounds like one of those spots we all dream about getting on someday.

Interesting video. Just goes to show there can be cats almost anywhere. Thanks for posting

Yeah I had quite a few sets. I didn’t count them but probably 6 or 8 I would guess. A lot of the smaller sheds could be sets, I never looked them over and tried to match them up.

Last weekend I made my annual trip from Montana to South Dakota to so some shed hunting. They had a lot of snow there this winter so the deer were in big herds for most of the winter. The worse the winter the better the shed hunting is as a general rule as the deer are congregated around food sources and bedding areas. Well this year was no exception. I had the best year I have ever had in SD. I shed hunted for 3 days and picked up a total of 84 sheds. Mostly all fresh with only 6 or 8 being from last year. It was as if everywhere I looked I was into horns. I know I could have found more but I ran out of time. I just kept asking different landowners for permission to shed hunt and they all said go right ahead plus they told me where the deer were most the winter. It was one of those things where you just can’t do anything wrong, everywhere I looked I was into sheds! A person has to have a weekend like this every once in a while to make up for all the times you go out and don’t find squat!

Nice work!

Montana is unique in it’s drawing process. But all states are….you’ll see every state has it’s own set of rules on how they draw tags, which makes it complicated when applying for several states.

You are correct that your odds of drawing the general combo tag are pretty good. Once you draw that tag then you can apply for one of the limited draw areas. If unsuccessful at drawing the limited draw area you still have the general tag and can hunt a large portion of Montana for elk with that tag. However in your case when you only want to hunt in a certain limited draw area and you don’t draw it then you’re left with a general tag that you don’t necessarily want. You have the option to return the tag, but the kicker is what you stated, they keep 20% of the cost. Like it or not that is how Montana does it.

Did you apply? If you didn’t you should

Most of the sheds sit in a pile in my garage and collect dust for a year or two before I sell them. I keep some of the bigger or unique ones. I don’t make any money at it, hell it doesn’t even cover my gas. But it’s fun to get out in the winter and get some exercise and you never know what you might find.

It’s also a good way to really learn a hunting area without having to worry about blowing all the deer out and wrecking any hunting.

Went with a buddy this weekend to one of our favorite spots. We usually find a lot of sheds here as the deer are traveling from a river bottom to an alfalfa field to feed. This is the first year I have been there and there was no snow on the ground. That made it a lot tougher. The deer were spread out all over the place and since they didn’t get any snow the grass and weeds were tall making the sheds tough to spot. Saturday we hiked all day and ended up with 22 sheds. Went back on Sunday for a half day and found another 9. My dog picked this horn out of one of the fields on Saturday evening. It’s the best one of the weekend. Scores 67.

Want to get back out there this weekend but instead I have to get 4 wisdom teeth pulled

Nice work! Keep the pictures coming. Makes me want to leave work and go shed hunting

Can’t beat that!

Got mine in! Now the wait begins….

Nice work! Some good ones there. Keep the pictures coming!

DAMN!

Looks like a coyote slayer! Looking forward to seeing the video of you dipping it. Now that you have it figured out I might have to send a few items your way

Here are a few pictures of my man cave from a couple years ago. It’s amazing how fast critters add up and how much room they take! Until I get a bigger man cave or I shoot something really big I’m holding off on shoulder mounts

I’m not shoulder mounting either of the deer. I already have several deer shoulder mounted, along with a few elk, full body deer, etc. Running out of room, plus I really like european mounts. I think they look good.

Bahahaha! What’s the story with the critter in the back of the pickup?

Glad to see it and makes me proud to be a sportsman. My hats off to those companies who stood up!

Great deer and great picture

I have one that will be 2 years old this spring. I got him as a puppy and have been training and molding him to hunt sheds since day 1. Last spring he found 1 for every 10 I found. He knows what to do and he enjoys it, but he still has a lot of puppy in him so he spends a lot of time looking for rabbits, deer, eating cow and deer poop, swimming, etc. I think he will grow out of it and be an exceptional shed hunter in a year or two.