Ryan Rothstein

I’d be lying if I said I’m a diehard shed hunter, but I’ve also done it enough to know a thing or two about locating bone discarded this winter by whitetail bucks. Every spring, I find myself inadvertently looking for antlers, with varying degrees of success. 
As with much of my deer hunting the past couple of years, the second I start thinking I have everything figured out, I proceed to immediately take a whooping from the deer gods. Last year’s shed-hunting endeavors were no exception. To be fair to myself, last winter was beyond mild, and deer just weren’t doing “normal” deer things during the course of winter.

As those who know me will happily inform you, I may have something wrong with my brain when it comes to deer and deer hunting.
I’m sitting here in early January, and I’m already thinking about September and beyond. I’ve got tabs on a handful of bucks whose sheds I’d love to find, and I’m praying they make it through to next hunting season, because they’ll be dandies. For those crazies like me, the absolute last thing I want to do is sit inside and watch TV.