I'm new to shed hunting. I honestly didn't even realize it was a thing until a year ago. I like it because it keeps me in shape, I learn a lot about the animals, it feels like I'm actually hunting, and it take me to random places I'd never hike normally. Then you throw in the treasure hunting aspect and I'm hooked. I plan on hitting elk shed hunting pretty hard this season.
I'll admit youtube helped stoke my fire and I get that they're their own worst enemies. Especially Nevada. Now they made it so popular they are responsible for the "shed season" being implemented (yes, I believe this is strictly from Utard shedtubers). Funny part is it hurts them the most because normal people will just go out and find them early season and either take them home anyway, stash them, or gps them.
The youtubers created a grey are **** show. I'm not ashamed to admit, as a resident, I'll be doing plenty of early season "scouting". Hey, you can scout for ACTUAL hunting so how is it any different? It's perfectly legal too.