Sure, you can see fresh rubs this time of the year because a doe is in heat..when the last doe comes in heat they will quit rubbing and shed their horns. Look for this every year ..I always do. The bucks rubbing surprised me years ago.. as the doe fawns born later will come in and the bucks are chasing them. Not unusual for sure. Some of the bucks around my place loose their horns as late as March 15...while some loose their horns in December.....usually young ones...but not always. Then later on is shed hunting time which I really enjoy doing. Have ya found a shed where you have walked many times then all of a sudden find a shed or part of a shed? This happens when the deer, usually does, get stressed during the year, for whatever reason, and begins to chew on sheds to satisfy the craving of calcium. That is also when you might find a shed in November and December thinking it may be this years early shed. I always thought that maybe rats or some other animal may have drug the shed up from the brush, never thinking it could have been a deer until my trail camera caught a doe with the shed in her mouth. surprised me..lol I just thought some of you hunters would be interested in that little story.
i never seen a deer chew on a shed but in dry years ive pulled several sheds and assorted bones outta some poor cows throat
im in gonzales county but my pastures are stretched into dewitt and karnes
ive found several old bucks dead over the years around water in late december early january that have shed their antlers nothing but a bloody pedicle on their heads