RE: dropping antlers
I don't know when the majority of the bucks drop their antlers but I would think by the end of February. One stat I see each year is on our late antlerless rifle season that runs 9 days the first Saturday in January. Around 10-15% of the antlerless deer taken are bucks so they do start dropping them early. Most of the timing of when they drop is the health of the buck and the weather.