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 ...

Shed hunting is all the rage among serious whitetail hunters these days, and rightly so. It’s a fun way to spend time in the woods and it’s a thrill to find the antler of a big buck you plan to hunt ...

Walking in the woods and along the field lines, you never know what you or your dog may find — maybe even an antler that a nice buck recently dropped. White-tailed deer shed their antlers over late ...

The regular 2025-2026 deer season will end on January 19, with the closing of the flintlock season. Those hunters that have been unsuccessful will no doubt be thinking about the big buck that got away ...

Antler restrictions implemented by the Pennsylvania Game Commission has increased the odds of finding that trophy of a ...

I’ve been hunting in the woods lately, but without a firearm or a bow. Vernal pools are boiling with mating wood frogs. Honking geese fill the skies. Trees have not yet begun to bud so the sun is warm ...

We’ve all got busy schedules, so when it comes to maximizing our shed-hunting efforts, it’s natural to ask, When do deer shed their antlers? And, ideally, we'd like as precise an answer as possible.

Ryan Schmaltz had little time to talk on Saturday as he completed preparations to share a family tradition with children and parents. Schmaltz, who is the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and ...

Bill Wallace, 47, and his son Shawn, 25, are the answer to finding a lost item. They have found more than 750 shed antlers, some in the snow, some partly covered with leaves and some in soybean or ...

Antlers on deer grow new each year and there are a variety of reasons why they may have a unique shape, drop tine or hole. “Antlers are pretty awesome,” Jeannine Fleegle, wildlife biologist for the ...