I agree, I wish everyone would wait. It depends where you are at, when the majority of sheds would hit the ground. In some western states, by the 15th of February over 50 percent of the bucks had dropped. In others it would be more like march 15th. Contrary to popular belief the cold, or snow or warm winter has no bearing on when animals shed. It is a daylight triggered response that shuts down testosterone flow and consequently shuts down blow flow to the antlers and they fall off. But each animal goes through this process with a different timeline. Now some factors can play a part in the early drop, nutrition, condition of animal, injuries etc. So basically the genetics of the individual deer will determine when it drops. That is also why in different geographical areas deer can shed at different times. That is why if you find a bucks sheds year after year you can typically find them within a week of when they dropped the previous year.
Fun stuff but just wanted to throw out there when I lived in a particular state, if you didn't start hitting it hard by the middle of February you didn't have much of a shot.
