My buddy found a 10 pt (5 on one side the 2nd wk of the season) and 2 days later they found the other 1/2 less than 200 yards away from the 1st one. This was this year sheds (bradford county).

We have in the past killed a few bucks (as does) that have lost there antlers the 2nd week of the season.... Usually 1-1/2 year old deer. We did kill a nice 8 point about 5 years ago that upon hitting the ground lost both horns.

I actually asked Alt about this at one of his meetings. He said that due to a poor buck to doe ratio and poor habitat (poor quality food & too many deer) that the bucks spend so long chasing doe they diminish there fat reserves early causing the testosterone levels in their bodies to drop which causes them to loose there horns early...Made sense to me as we hunt in the Mnts with no farm land around and alot of mast crop failures over the years and alot of deer running around and a poor buck to doe ratio.