For those who are passionate about deer hunting, the pursuit never really has an off season. March is an ideal time for hunters to walk through the woods to look for antlers that have just been shed ...

Here in Western New York, as soon as the snow starts to leave the hills and fields, it’s time to hunt for “drops,” or whitetail shed antlers. Back in the day “shed hunting” was reserved for a few of ...

Dennis Hawk’s school of finding shed white-tailed deer antlers is not for the faint of heart. No. 1, there’s the mileage: The Palmerton area man estimates he’s put in 150 miles over the past few ...

TWO HARBORS, Minn. — Joe Shead has been shed hunting since 2001. Shead (yes, it’s pronounced “shed”) literally wrote the book on shed hunting in 2006: “Shed Hunting: A Guide to Finding White-Tailed ...

SILVER CREEK TOWNSHIP — Joe Shead cringed when a visitor asked what he might do with some of the 1,000 deer antler sheds he’s collected over the years. Maybe make them into a chandelier, or cribbage ...

Hunting for shed antlers has become such a popular activity in recent years that Colorado Parks and Wildlife has to warn collectors not to hunt before the season starts. Shed antlers are antlers ...

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 ...

Dennis Hawk’s school of finding shed white-tailed deer antlers is not for the faint of heart. No. 1, there’s the mileage: The Palmerton area man estimates he’s put in 150 miles over the past few ...