As he walked slowly through a section of Roanoke County woods this week, Alfie Hammerstrom scanned the ground as he moved. "I saw something white out of the corner of my eye," Hammerstrom said. "I ...

I’ve been hunting in the woods lately, but without a firearm or a bow. Vernal pools are boiling with mating wood frogs. Honking geese fill the skies. Trees have not yet begun to bud so the sun is warm ...

“Shed season” is finally here. Well, one could take that a couple ways. Some would guess that we are preparing for spring cleanup now that winter is on the run and it’s finally March. But many others ...

Shed hunting comes at the perfect time of year. Big-game seasons are over in most places, and turkey seasons haven’t started yet. That means most of us are looking for a reason to get outside, and ...

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 ...

During the late winter and early spring, we spend a lot of time walking about the timber and pasture looking for antlers the deer have recently lost. Last year, I heard about an antler trap. The deer ...

Officers in Colorado stepped in to help a deer that found itself caught in a rat trap, officials said. Officers in Durango got calls Oct. 1 from residents about a doe with a rat trap stuck to her face ...

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 ...