Interesting. I've read that the better the nutrition in their habitat, the longer they'll go before shedding.
That would be encouraging. We are on top of a mountain with no agriculture. There are about 1000 acres of overgrown clearcuts, though. Some folks put out corn in the winter. We also put in some food plots this year. But they are small. About 2 acres of oats, 7 acres of turnip and a few 15X15 foot plots of rye and clover. It's a start.
This off-season I plan on making some openings in the overgrown clear cuts by cutting all the striped maple and leaving the beech.