This is what guys who don't hunt the late season always tell the guys still out there... I hunted right up to the end in Wisconsin (jan31st in some areas) as I do every year. 90%where still holding. Unless injured they tend to hold into feburary. Generally start searching for sheds last week of February hereOk, I'm not a shed hunter so don't know what is normal I guess. Just remember guys around here cautioning the end of December that bucks were dropping antlers, and were going to get shot as does.
I hunt a great area and that would be a solid 4 yr old buck. Looks like it carries its mass all the way to the tips, great buck!Got a call yesterday that the gas pipeline crew was coming through the timber, so my boy and I spent 30 minutes walking part of the line before these guys got an easy 1. The matched set is a young buck I passed several times.
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