I have a guy near me that raises deer, not trophy, just deer he sells for meat more or less, he even cuts there antlers down to keep them from fighting and hurting each other
he told me same thing the one yr when I asked him
he said some shed early some later
on a second note, a different guy I know, raise's elk, he sells them to outfitters, for pay for kill hunts
some monsters too!
but his breeders he keeps, same deal, they shed some yrs early some yrs later on
BUT he feeds them all sorts of different foods, he's a part time farmer, so he feeds then what ever he can get cheap (gets tons of wally world old vegi's and pumpkin's
so??