shed traps-but safe

how could i make a very inexpensive shed trap, that wouldn't hurt the deer, just help them get their head gear off?
ANYONE GOT IDEAS? please post.thats IOWABOWHUNTER

i'm too poor to buy the actual shed hunter.

does anyone have ideas?????????

COME ON SOMEONE HAS TO HAVE SOME IDEAS

[Buckhunter]

There's alot of way's to make them but alot of these way's are not safe to the deer.The reason the shed trap is good is because if a buck became tangled in this thing it could eventualy get out of it.
I think the best way to collect sheds is to just get out there and lay down some shoe leather.
I know this does not answear your question but I just think the reason your not getting any response is for the same reason's I'm talking about,and I would doubt that you would like to see a big old buck get tangled up and die just for his antler's,that would take all the fun out of it!!!
Buckhunter

[dc240nt]

Try two small square hay bales set about a foot apart and pour some corn or better yet some peas inbetween them. Completly safe and it works as I've done it several times.

[TJF]

dc240nt

ummm, there is a better version to the 2 bale shed trap. Do the same as you mentioned with the 2 bales and but also put a third bale on top covering your foot gap. Don't know if it improves your odds of getting sheds, ( it should by all rights), but it is kind of neat checking it and finding the top bale laying 3 or 4 feet from the two bottom bales. I set some bales up at the farm I work at to see if it works. Every morning I find the top bale flipped away from the bottom bales. Boss seen a buck tonight coming into the farm, still carrying both sides. He said the buck was good sized and I imagine he is the culprit. So far the bales have only produced one shed from a young forky. I sure wouldn't give up tromping with my results from the bales. LOL

Tim
Oh almost forgot to mention the first time a pheasant comes blasting out from the bales as you walk up to them, it gives your heart a little kick start and is good for a chuckle.


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[OLETOM]

I given this some thought as well. I want to build a deer feeder for my back yard. Every year I put out some corn on the ground and have a couple bucks and a few doe and fawn come in. See I live next to a refuge and I get a couple good bucks that come to the feeder late at night and would like to get the sheds from these guys.

So what I plan on doing is using treated 2x12 or 4x6 posts and sink two into the ground. Then between the 2, Which are about 4 ft apart build a feeder box. Then put a roof over that to keep the corn and soybean dry. Then off the edge of the roof I want to had some pretty heavy chain about 1ft spacing along the edge. It big enough I think where they wont get tangled in it but heavy enough to put weight on the rack to knock them off. These chains then can be taken off in summer when the deer are growning racks.

Pretty simple I think.

Good luck