Here is my brother Tom (T1) with half of a 10-pointer and a set of lower jaws. Last weekend, T1, my cousin Tom (T2), and his daughter Katrina were out in the deer woods doing some scouting for next season. The group was walking through the woods when T1 said that the area looked like a good spot to find a shed. After a few steps off of the trail, T1 found this dandy shed, leaving T2 and Katrina to wonder if he was either lucky, a skilled shed hunter, clairvoyant, or if he had made a "plant" before their trip. Well, I can assure you, based on experience, that T1 is not clairvoyant/psychic, or anything of that nature. He has found two sheds without really looking for them, while I have only found one (moose) shed after spending at least 50 hours shed hunting.
The shed, as it was found, which shows that you cannot assume that a shed will be found only where a snag will pull it off, or where it will be jarred off by a deer jumping over an obstruction, or any other place where you are supposed to find a deer shed.
Here is the site of a wolf kill, located just about 30 yards behind where my Dad sits during rifle season. The jaws from the first photo were found here.
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