I seen a really nice 8 pt 2yrs ago in the 2nd week of June. He already had 6 to 8 inch tines and looked really nice. They do sometimes have nice racks this early in the summer but not sure if thats the norm or not. I also saw 2 nice bucks this yr in early May turkey hunting that were 80% done growing their main beams and the tines were like tennis balls across the beams on both sides.