“Late winter and early spring are tough times of the year for deer, elk and moose,” reads the release from the DWR. “Which is ...

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 ...

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) - Back on Feb. 2, Punxsutawney Phil – aka, the fuzzy little varmint that miraculously forecasts the winter-spring transition on Groundhog’s Day – indicated there would be ...

Shed hunting is the pursuit for antlers cast off by members of the deer (cervidae) family, including whitetail and mule deer, elk, caribou, and moose. Every year in late winter or early spring, bucks ...

Normally, mounting involves a bloody and very labor intensive process of stripping a skull clean of flesh and meat, leaving ...

Apr. 3—Reyes Salazar remembers the stillness of the mountains when he began religiously searching for elk and deer antlers in the wild a little over 10 years ago. "It was real quiet," recalled Salazar ...

Until 3D printing technology along, hunters would boil an animal’s skinned head for hours making it easier to scrape off the ...

Collecting shed antlers from many big game species, including deer, elk and moose, is a popular pastime in Utah.

The 2008-09 statewide general deer season rolled to a close on Jan. 4, but for shed hunters the hunting season is just now about to get underway. Like children lose their teeth to allow for adult ...

The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources is reminding people to take the mandatory 2026 ethics course before heading out to shed hunt between Jan. 1 and May 31, as winter and early spring are tough ...