By Joe Shead Slowly, carefully, a hunter picks his path through
a dense stand of white cedars where he knows a buck has found
food and shelter from deep snow and cold. Heavy snowfall in the
highlands forced the old buck down to the Lake Superior shore,
where only a few inches of snow blanketed the ground. Here, in
this cedar-swamp deer yard, the cagey whitetail could outrun
hungry wolves and subsist on cedar boughs. The hunter learned
this and other lessons from spending countless hours each year
in the woods; that's why he concentrates his efforts here. The
hunter spies an antler tine through the thick cover. And then,
with one motion, he scoops the shed antler from the forest duff,
smiles, and silently congratulates the old buck on surviving
another long, brutal winter. Shed hunters aren't bound by
seasons or bag limits. Anyone who knows where and when to look
for antlers, and a little bit about the winter habits of bucks
and bull moose, has a chance to come home with a prize. Shed
hunters gather antlers as