You can hunt sheds on public land and in parks but like most anything else you must get landowner permission to hunt for sheds on private land.
Best time to shed hunt in iowa.
Around mid february is the best time to start looking for shed antlers according to the iowa department of natural resources.
You must get landowner permission to hunt sheds on private land.
I have a lot of guys that shed hunt here already.
Iowa offers some of the best shed hunting the country has to offer.
20 is the best time to start looking for shed antlers.
The best places to look for deer sheds are where deer feed along their trails and where they bed down.
If you want to hunt sheds the best time to find them is around february 20.
Brian i think the best time most years is around mid february.
From the middle of january through the middle of march whitetail deer in iowa shed their antlers.
Whitetail deer have about a two month shedding period in iowa beginning mid jan.
You can hunt sheds on public land and in parks.
Deer will generally lose their antlers between late december and late march depending on several variables.
Arguably the best single day is november 7.
With 5000 acres of land to hunt for deer sheds and dead bucks iowa trophy outfitters offer a great getaway weekend to find alot of bone and a have a good time.
Biologists have done testing by back dating fetuses from late season shot does to determine when they were conceived.
Some state wildlife agencies and certain public areas now have shed antler seasons.
Many people ask me this question.
I hate to open that up any further.
As long as the property hasn t been walked much it should have a good number of antlers and the squirrels won t have gotten to them badly.
Some guys like november 8 or 9th but right in there somewhere you will generally run into the best action of the season again assuming normal temperatures.
Planning shed hunting excursions in march and april coincides with the period when the majority of bucks will be antlerless.
When is the best time to shed hunt.