livbucks....I need to strongly disagree with both of your posts. First, as a general rule, the largest (as in dominant and old) drop first. Second, 95% of bucks do not hold until February. This is a very complex issue and one that is far to intricate for me to delve into at this hour, but I will say a few things. There is no "set in stone" shedding dates. Many factors dictate shedding times and they vary from year to year. Also, if you want to find the true "hogs", you better hang those guns up and put on the boots fellas cuz they are hittin the ground now. If you want to get em without chews, now is the time to start making your rounds. The big boys dump em first, and there is nothing worse than finding a chewed up whopper and saying to yourself, I wish I got to this earlier. Good luck