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Where to Look for Sheds
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43373
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In this article the author is discussing where to look for sheds, when deer shed their antlers. The author states that bucks do not look for specific areas to shed their antlers but that it just happens during their daily habits. The author states that it is important to know how the deer uses their landscape in the areas that you are looked for antlers they have shed. Deer spend a majority of their time laying and bedding down. The deer have specific areas they got to eat and also travel the same paths routinely. The author states that these are the areas that you will most likely find shed antlers. Feeding areas do not only include plots of food and areas used for agriculture. During the winter months these areas do not have many food options for deer so the go to winter browsing areas which include tinder new growth for woody plants. Ken Knight who is a biologist for the Commission Supervising Wildlife states that bucks that have poor health and rough conditions tend to lose their antlers in early mid-December. Lastly Ken states that you can find antlers near fences because bucks tend to lose them when trying to fit through or jump over the fence.
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