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king' s outdoor world - Hunting Illustrated April/May 2008 - Index

48 HUNTING ILLUSTRATED.com
SWEET
SHED HUNTING
SUCCESS
BY CAMERON KINCADE
Shed hunting for my wife Alexis and I has become
not only a form of exercise, but a way to spend
quality time together. Shed hunting is a passion that
only other fellow shed hunters would or could understand.
Most people don’t even know that the antlers drop every
year. When I tell co-workers what Alexis and I do on the
weekends, they look at me as if I’m crazy. Maybe they are
right when it comes down to it. Nonetheless, we are not
part of the concert or bar-going crowd. When we go out,
it’s into the outdoors and we do it as much and as often as
we can.
The fi rst time I took Alexis out shed hunting, she
wasn’t all that keen on it. She complained that, “It’s like
looking for a needle in a haystack!” Her attitude quickly
changed after she found her fi rst shed. She was hooked
immediately - maybe not quite as sick as me and a few
others, but she had the bug. I could tell by the way she
was starting to take it seriously and treat it as a friendly
competition. I might add, by the way, that in this friendly
competition, she wins every time! Just ask any of our
friends and look at our pictures. I get juiced by my buddies
and family all the time. Alexis fi nds bigger or more sheds
than me whenever we go out. I just chuckle and tell them
that that is what keeps her coming out.
Over the years, Alexis and I have taken friends