[{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/blog\/true-thoughts-while-shed-hunting\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/blog\/true-thoughts-while-shed-hunting\/","headline":"True Thoughts While Shed Hunting","name":"True Thoughts While Shed Hunting","description":"\u201cIt\u2019ll be fun\u201d, they said.\u00a0 \u201cYou\u2019ll find lots of big antlers\u201d, they said.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s easy\u201d, they said.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s great exercise\u201d,...","datePublished":"2016-03-21","dateModified":"2018-12-04","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/author\/hagosto\/#Person","name":"Hector Agosto","url":"https:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/author\/hagosto\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7bfedbdc5ef3ed8f8df91eb37e1ffbe?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7bfedbdc5ef3ed8f8df91eb37e1ffbe?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Legendary Whitetails","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"http:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/logo-legendary-whitetails.png","url":"http:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/logo-legendary-whitetails.png","width":522,"height":226}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ShedHunterOnCrutches.jpg","url":"https:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ShedHunterOnCrutches.jpg","height":600,"width":600},"url":"https:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/blog\/true-thoughts-while-shed-hunting\/","about":["News"],"wordCount":1016,"keywords":["Humor"],"articleBody":"\u201cIt\u2019ll be fun\u201d, they said.\u00a0 \u201cYou\u2019ll find lots of big antlers\u201d, they said.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s easy\u201d, they said.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s great exercise\u201d, they said.\u00a0 \u201cIt can be frustrating as all hell\u201d, they NEVER said\u2026Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but I\u2019m sure \u201cthey\u201d told you all sorts of things that sounded good.\u00a0 So, you thought, \u201cWhat the heck, let\u2019s give it a try\u201d.\u00a0 Eight hours later you\u2019re limping back to the truck with a wet pair of boots, blistered heels, and zero antlers in hand\u2026MAN! Wasn\u2019t that fun!?Time for the truth.\u00a0 As I browse through all the unbelievable #ShedRally photos from the weekend, jealousy slowly and painfully seeps through my soul. . . Seriously, did everybody find a 150\u201d matched set? Scroll, scroll\u2026Oh, no, not everybody. . .this person found a hanger.\u00a0 A friggin\u2019 hanger!\u00a0 Are you kidding me???Here’s an awesome photo of a “hanger” found by @SilentObsessionOutdoors\u00a0 during the #ShedRally.Why do all these people look so happy?\u00a0 Oh, it\u2019s probably because they actually found something worth posting about.\u00a0 Meanwhile, the rest of us are drinking our sorrows away from yet another shed-less day.\u00a0 That\u2019s the problem, you don\u2019t see what those people who are on 20+ mile dry spells look like. What are they supposed to post to Instagram?\u00a0 A photo of themselves flipping double birds while standing in the middle of an empty field?The truth is 80% of the time you\u2019re mostly frustrated, confused, jealous, and ticked off while you\u2019re shed hunting.\u00a0 Either you\u2019re on the dry-spell of all dry-spells, your buddy found a shed on a property you took him to, or you\u2019re simply just not finding any antlers in areas that you thought would be prime shed areas.\u00a0 Every shed hunter deals with it in different ways, but I\u2019d have to call you liar if you haven\u2019t had any of the following thoughts run through your head while shed hunting.\u00a0Thoughts after a buddy finds a shed\u2026\u201cI knew I should have walked over there\u201d\u201cDude, you cut me off and took my trail\u201d\u201cI saw you speed walking to get to the field first\u201d\u201cYou were looking in MY lane\u201d\u201cIt\u2019s probably a giant\u201d\u201cI\u2019m pretty sure I saw it first, but whatever\u2026\u201d\u201cWhy couldn\u2019t that of been me\u201d\u201cDamn, now I\u2019m 3 sheds down\u201d\u201cThat\u2019s the last time I\u2019m inviting you to shed hunt on my property\u201d\u201cSon of a %$^#@! Every time!\u201d\u201cHow did I miss that?\u201d\u201cYour welcome.\u201d -sarcastic\u00a0Thoughts when you aren\u2019t finding anything\u2026\u201cI don\u2019t believe this\u201d\u201cWe should have pulled 10 sheds out of this (field, clump of pines, CRP, etc.)\u201d\u201cSomeone definitely beat us to them\u201d\u201cSquirrels must have been hungry\u201d\u201cPlease Lord, let there be a shed under that cedar\u201d\u201cThis is dumb\u201d\u201cHmm, so far my average is 1 shed per every 15 miles walked\u201d\u201cI wish I was in Kansas\u201d\u201cOh, this spot looks really good.\u00a0 There\u2019s got to be a shed around here\u2026nope\u201d\u201cMaybe they\u2019re all still holding their antlers yet\u201d\u201cI wish I had infrared shed vision\u201d\u201cSheddd!\u00a0 Nope, just a stick\u201dLegendary fan @AubreyPhipps with two nice finds during #ShedRally!Yup, I\u2019d say a solid 80% of the time that\u2019s what you\u2019ll be thinking \u2013 unless you live in Kansas or Iowa of course.\u00a0 Sounds like a lovely activity, doesn\u2019t it?\u00a0 Despite all this, it actually is.\u00a0 Somehow shed hunting has the addictive power equivalent to that of triple strength nicotine even when you\u2019re not finding anything.\u00a0 The adrenaline that surges when you finally do find a shed can easily cancel out 10 hours of nothingness and negativity.\u00a0 It\u2019s a beautiful thing, really.\u00a0 Once you start, you can\u2019t stop. Soon, all of your days spent afield will be filled with highs and lows. Let\u2019s just be glad we only remember the highs and that we can chalk up an empty trip as a great day spent outdoors. "},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Legendary Whitetail's Blog"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/community.legendarywhitetails.com\/blog\/true-thoughts-while-shed-hunting\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"True Thoughts While Shed Hunting"}}]}]