Tom Jeffries, a daily contributor to Shed of the Week, emailed, “Been slightly little bit of a gradual begin earlier than this weekend, however I’ve a mixed shed(s) of the week submission.”
He discovered a matched pair of shed antlers. His brothers Jim and Bob additionally discovered sheds, everywhere in the weekend in Will County.
Shed searching is on the lookout for the antlers that white-tailed deer (typically the bucks) shed antlers yearly, typically in winter. The bell curve of shedding peaks round mid-February.
In Illinois, sheds could also be collected on personal land with permission. It’s prohibited in any respect forest preserves and park districts that I do know. In Illinois, shed searching is prohibited at state parks, nature preserves or the place particularly prohibited, however allowed on Fish and Wildlife Areas, Conservation Areas, and Boat Entry Areas, if open to the general public.
Shed of the Week, the celebration of discovering shed antlers and their tales round Chicago open air, runs when apt within the paper Solar-Occasions, normally on Wednesdays.
To make submissions, electronic mail (BowmanOutside@gmail.com) or contact me on Fb (Dale Bowman), X (@BowmanOutside), Instagram (@BowmanOutside) or Bluesky (@BowmanOutside.bsky.social).
