Everyones talking about shedding bucks already, and I was wondering when the deer in Ohio start to shed.. Hunting seasons in till Feb. here and I see racked bucks till then.
Then someone on here said some start Dec.

When?

Ive never seen them drop that early.the earliest ive seen is late January.

IN southern Ohio where their feed is mostly browse I have found sheds in early January. However, up in the farm country I have pictures of bucks carrying their racks in late March.

I saw a buck here last week with only one side, Nothing was visible on the other side, could have broke it off i suppose, but he may have shed it?? North central kansas

There will be some deer and moose up here that will drop a few antlers. For the most part it normally happens aronud the middle of Feb. threw the first half of March though..

I took what I thought was a big doe during gun season. The deer was limping so I figured it was a good one to take out of the herd. When I got up to HIM he had shed both horns. When butchering him it appeared that he got hit by a car. I am assuming this is why he lost his antlers so soon.