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Too early to hunt sheds in NM? #16945574 02/10/22
Joined: Dec 2020 Posts: 302 D Dumdum OP Campfire Member
OP Dumdum Campfire Member D Joined: Dec 2020 Posts: 302	I’m getting spring fever. It’s been a mild winter here in NM and we saw a young bull elk a couple days ago next door to us that only had one antler. Does a mild winter in NM promote early sheds?

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Re: Too early to hunt sheds in NM? Dumdum #16945631 02/10/22
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SLM Campfire Ranger S Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 18,929 Likes: 1 NM	Still a bit early IME.

Re: Too early to hunt sheds in NM? Dumdum #16945954 02/10/22
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Dogpopper Campfire Member D Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 285	Just about thirty days early still. Earliest I’ve found a shed was February 26 and didn’t find another till about a week after. Usually my first is March 3-4

Re: Too early to hunt sheds in NM? Dumdum #16946284 02/10/22
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OP Dumdum Campfire Member D Joined: Dec 2020 Posts: 302	Good advice!

Re: Too early to hunt sheds in NM? Dumdum #16946358 02/10/22
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SLM Campfire Ranger S Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 18,929 Likes: 1 NM	Don’t be that guy that goes in early and bumps the bulls out.😂

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Re: Too early to hunt sheds in NM? Dumdum #16946419 02/10/22
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Dogpopper Campfire Member D Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 285	An older find to get us in the mood.

Re: Too early to hunt sheds in NM? SLM #16946440 02/10/22
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NMpistolero Campfire Regular N Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 1,085 Likes: 1 Lincoln NM	Originally Posted by SLM Don’t be that guy that goes in early and bumps the bulls out.😂 I second that! 😬 "I used to be a tired hunting guide, now I'm just a re-tired hunting guide" "No eternal reward will forgive us now, for wasting the dawn" JM Jared

Re: Too early to hunt sheds in NM? SLM #16946607 02/10/22
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OP Dumdum Campfire Member D Joined: Dec 2020 Posts: 302	Originally Posted by SLM Don’t be that guy that goes in early and bumps the bulls out.😂 I’m gonna live up to my dumdum moniker here and ask: Is this in the context of “don’t wander around public land and push bulls onto private land before the bulls drop their sheds”, or is it sum’tin else???

Re: Too early to hunt sheds in NM? Dumdum #16947127 02/10/22
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AZmark Campfire Regular Joined: Feb 2020 Posts: 2,407 Likes: 1 EasternAZ	Start in March Life (and forums) is like a box of animal crackers----There's a Jackass in every box

Re: Too early to hunt sheds in NM? Dumdum #16947893 02/11/22
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NMpistolero Campfire Regular N Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 1,085 Likes: 1 Lincoln NM	Originally Posted by Dumdum Originally Posted by SLM Don’t be that guy that goes in early and bumps the bulls out.😂 I’m gonna live up to my dumdum moniker here and ask: Is this in the context of “don’t wander around public land and push bulls onto private land before the bulls drop their sheds”, or is it sum’tin else??? Not really. Sometimes there will be a several people watching a group of bulls on a certain hillside, valley, park etc and someone will go in early bump them out of the area and they’ll leave the country, then no one gets the brown gold. At least not easy pickings. "I used to be a tired hunting guide, now I'm just a re-tired hunting guide" "No eternal reward will forgive us now, for wasting the dawn" JM Jared

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Re: Too early to hunt sheds in NM? Dumdum #16948038 02/11/22
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DLSguide Campfire Regular D Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 963 Clyde Park, MT	Stay the hell off winter range. Leave the elk and deer alone until Spring.

Re: Too early to hunt sheds in NM? NMpistolero #16948086 02/11/22
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SLM Campfire Ranger S Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 18,929 Likes: 1 NM	Seems there always has to be that one group. Still an off year as far as where they are at. Originally Posted by NMpistolero Originally Posted by Dumdum Originally Posted by SLM Don’t be that guy that goes in early and bumps the bulls out.😂 I’m gonna live up to my dumdum moniker here and ask: Is this in the context of “don’t wander around public land and push bulls onto private land before the bulls drop their sheds”, or is it sum’tin else??? Not really. Sometimes there will be a several people watching a group of bulls on a certain hillside, valley, park etc and someone will go in early bump them out of the area and they’ll leave the country, then no one gets the brown gold. At least not easy pickings.

Re: Too early to hunt sheds in NM? Dumdum #16948206 02/11/22
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BlueDuck Campfire Regular B Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 2,631 Hayden, Idaho	This is north Idaho, but I am still seeing elk with horns on their heads yet.

Re: Too early to hunt sheds in NM? Dumdum #16948714 02/11/22
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OP Dumdum Campfire Member D Joined: Dec 2020 Posts: 302	That makes sense, I’ll wait til about mid-March before looking for sheds.

Re: Too early to hunt sheds in NM? DLSguide #16949750 02/11/22
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NMpistolero Campfire Regular N Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 1,085 Likes: 1 Lincoln NM	Originally Posted by DLSguide Stay the hell off winter range. Leave the elk and deer alone until Spring. Agreed. But the majority(not all) of NM doesn’t have typical winter range that northern states have. Mild winters let the wildlife fare better. Especially this year. "I used to be a tired hunting guide, now I'm just a re-tired hunting guide" "No eternal reward will forgive us now, for wasting the dawn" JM Jared

Re: Too early to hunt sheds in NM? NMpistolero #16949788 02/11/22
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SLM Campfire Ranger S Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 18,929 Likes: 1 NM	I wish they’d come down to “winter range”. The group we found last weekend can’t get any higher. Originally Posted by NMpistolero Originally Posted by DLSguide Stay the hell off winter range. Leave the elk and deer alone until Spring. Agreed. But the majority(not all) of NM doesn’t have typical winter range that northern states have. Mild winters let the wildlife fare better. Especially this year.

Re: Too early to hunt sheds in NM? Dumdum #16950494 02/11/22
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sunshinegirl Campfire Member S Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 309 Arizona	My neighbor in Payson. Az had a bull visit yesterday. Fortunately he was in the next door property. Knocked the bird feeder down, ate all the seeds, and then turn over swing set, picnic table, broke clay pots. Yes his antlers were still on and apparently holding well. This was near the middle of the town too. Usually 3 bulls like to visit every year. Wonder where his friends were.,

Re: Too early to hunt sheds in NM? Dumdum #16952822 02/12/22
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MIKEWERNER Campfire Tracker M Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 4,435 IOWA, USA	Last year, we hunted earlier, in April (Central Wyoming)......found 1 6X set and many broken-off tines. The local game warden would prefer the west side laws apply there as well. It's always great......driving 14 hours.....to find no sheds and see so many bulls, horns intact. They call them antlers over on ExpertNation.com "Those that think they know everything are annoying those of us that have Google." - Dr. D. Edward Wilkinson Note to self: Never ask an old Fogey how he is doing today. Revised note to self: Keep it short when someone asks how I am doing.

Re: Too early to hunt sheds in NM? Dumdum #17128994 04/03/22
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OP Dumdum Campfire Member D Joined: Dec 2020 Posts: 302	Saw this, seems apt to post here: New article about hunting sheds in New Mexico. https://www.santafenewmexican.com/n...eeb9438-af7b-11ec-a04e-eb4410199093.html

Re: Too early to hunt sheds in NM? Dogpopper #17129204 04/03/22
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Godogs57 Campfire Tracker G Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 7,446 Likes: 3 SW Georgia	Originally Posted by Dogpopper Just about thirty days early still. Earliest I’ve found a shed was February 26 and didn’t find another till about a week after. Usually my first is March 3-4 My buddy found these right adjacent to your stomping grounds last year. He guides and never saw the bull. Given an average inside spread the bull was a little over 400”. Unreal find for northern NM You only live once, but...if you do it right, once is enough.

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