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Scout to hunt
Does anyone use the scout to hunt app for shed hunting or otherwise? Anyone else out looking for the $10k antler? I was so close last year (roughly 40 miles away) and cant stand how stupid I feel reading these nonsense riddles! Sometimes I wonder if its all very contextual stuff an Arizonan would understand and I just didn't grow up here so I don't get them.
I have to imagine the flooding will cause some problems and they will likely move the antler. my guess was near oak creek. I was going to head over this weekend, but I'm not going to drive 4 hours to risk my life battling an overflowing creek.
I have to imagine the flooding will cause some problems and they will likely move the antler. my guess was near oak creek. I was going to head over this weekend, but I'm not going to drive 4 hours to risk my life battling an overflowing creek.
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My Name is Carlos Voight, I'm from New Mexico and my guess is it's somewhere in this General area as well!
Well if ur heading that way pick me up in Tucson.My Name is Carlos Voight, I'm from New Mexico and my guess is it's somewhere in this General area as well!
I don't want to rain on any parades and nobody's asking my opinion - but I'm not a big fan of shed hunting to begin with - and I think offering any type of scavenger hunt to promote it is dangerous and unethical.
How is it dangerous and unethical? I mean, it’s folks walking around places exploring.I don't want to rain on any parades and nobody's asking my opinion - but I'm not a big fan of shed hunting to begin with - and I think offering any type of scavenger hunt to promote it is dangerous and unethical.
For many - more than ever before - it's become a business - big business - and lots and lots of folks are searching square miles at a time in grid patterns.How is it dangerous and unethical? I mean, it’s folks walking around places exploring.
This happens at the most vulnerable times for a plethora of animals - when food is limited, fat reserves are low, stress is high, and newborns are weak.
I get it - just a stroll in the woods for some...and that's fine, but I think it's in poor taste to elevate shed hunting to a big dollar scavenger hunt.
You make a good point. There has been "opening day" of shed hunting in many states because of that reason. The Montana opening day video, for example, is wild. Dudes on horseback storming the gate and almost getting trampled, getting bucked, all kinds of crazy shenanigans.For many - more than ever before - it's become a business - big business - and lots and lots of folks are searching square miles at a time in grid patterns.
This happens at the most vulnerable times for a plethora of animals - when food is limited, fat reserves are low, stress is high, and newborns are weak.
I get it - just a stroll in the woods for some...and that's fine, but I think it's in poor taste to elevate shed hunting to a big dollar scavenger hunt.
One of my neighbors said he makes anywhere from $5-7k on average by shed hunting per year, even on slow years they still pull in $3k. Thats a lot of money to a lot of people.
I don't have a problem with shed hunting, but commercializing it can be detrimental to wildlife, in my opinion. I know 95% of shed hunters are just regular folks out hiking around, and I'm okay with that, but the 5% doing it on a semi-commercial scale can ruin the fun for everyone else.
Is the industry more focused on elk antlers than deer? Or is it all fair game?You make a good point. There has been "opening day" of shed hunting in many states because of that reason. The Montana opening day video, for example, is wild. Dudes on horseback storming the gate and almost getting trampled, getting bucked, all kinds of crazy shenanigans.
One of my neighbors said he makes anywhere from $5-7k on average by shed hunting per year, even on slow years they still pull in $3k. Thats a lot of money to a lot of people.
I don't have a problem with shed hunting, but commercializing it can be detrimental to wildlife, in my opinion. I know 95% of shed hunters are just regular folks out hiking around, and I'm okay with that, but the 5% doing it on a semi-commercial scale can ruin the fun for everyone else.
elk gets the most attention because there's more money to be made and they're easier to spot, but nobody turns up their nose at deer sheds either.Is the industry more focused on elk antlers than deer? Or is it all fair game?
Guy said he was getting $15-20/lb for browns I think, but I can't recall exactly. So one elk shed equals four or five deer sheds easily.
A guy went through town yesterday headed east, his bed of his truck was full of sheds going somewhere, a mixture of whites, browns and chalks.
Prolly had 500lbs of sheds in that truck, so say 500 lbs x $20.00 a #, = $10 K. Thats alot considering your picking up off the ground.
Prolly had 500lbs of sheds in that truck, so say 500 lbs x $20.00 a #, = $10 K. Thats alot considering your picking up off the ground.
yeah, not all of those will be worth $20/b, but even if he averaged $5/lb it'd still be $2500. Still a decent chunk of change.A guy went through town yesterday headed east, his bed of his truck was full of sheds going somewhere, a mixture of whites, browns and chalks.
Prolly had 500lbs of sheds in that truck, so say 500 lbs x $20.00 a #, = $10 K. Thats alot considering your picking up off the ground.
Are these folks the reason why the only sheds I EVER find are in ravines or miles from road access?
yesAre these folks the reason why the only sheds I EVER find are in ravines or miles from road access?
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