Some shed earlyer than others. I find them fresh sheds from late december till april. Once a buddie shot a huge buck and wounded it. We could not find it the night he shot it. The next morning we found it and finished it off. It had no antlers, but we were able to find both antlers near his last bed.... He shed them that night, beleive it or not. That was thanksgiveing week during wisconsins 9 day gun season in Buffalo county.