How To Find More Shed Antlers w/ Alex Kunkel

About this episode

In this episode, Brian Krebs interviews Alex Kunkel about effective strategies for shed hunting, challenging common beliefs and sharing insights on timing and location.

Want to find more sheds each season? This is the episode for you! I sat down with Alex Kunkel from Minnesota Shed Hunters, one of the most active shed hunting community pages in the Midwest. Alex has been doing this long enough to figure out what actually works — and a lot of what he shared challenged some of the "common wisdom" you hear thrown around, like walking fence lines (spoiler: neither of us has ever found a shed on one). We cover the full strategy side of shed hunting — from how winter severity changes where deer concentrate, to why timing is probably more important than location, to how to use apps like Scout to Hunt and GoHunt Maps to stop re-walking ground you've already covered. If you've ever spent a whole Saturday shed hunting and come home with nothing, this one's for you. Episode Highlights: • How to identify the "limiting factor" in your area — food or cover — and why the answer changes depending on where you live • The exact window Alex targets every year: why late February to early March is his peak and how he thinks about going too early vs. too late • Why public land shed hunting has gotten harder and what private access actually looks…

People in this episode

Host: Brian Krebs

Guest: Alex Kunkel

Topics covered

• shed hunting
• deer behavior
• hunting strategies
• winter conditions
• hunting apps

Keywords

• shed antlers
• hunting tips
• deer concentration
• hunting apps
• shed hunting community

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Minnesota Shed Hunters

Products: Scout to Hunt, GoHunt Maps

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