Last Chance for Sheds

I was reminded over this past weekend as I watched the snakes swim to and fro on Guntersville that the time for finding sheds is about over. We will have a cool snap or two that will allow us a few hours in the woods in the early morning hours, but those days are about over. Get ready because the dog days will be here before you know it. I know it gets cold up north, but I've never felt a cold that I couldn't dress up for. I may be immobile, but warm enough to maintain. However, if you have never experienced the dog days in the south, you just don't know what your missing. It gets so hot here that it makes you feel like you've passed on and it didn't work out so well for you at the Gates. Like it or not, those days are coming.

There are few things that will excite and depress a hunter at the same time. A nice shed will do just that. It's a reminder of what could have been laced into what might be for the upcoming season. One thing that has bothered me this season was finding several sheds with skulls attatched to them. It is the usual find..... a nice 6 point in the middle of a trophy lease. That is one that's hard to swallow after paying the price we do to hunt a lease which is trophy managed or so we thought. I did manage to find a few sheds along the way. With a little luck, I will take what they fell from next season.