When do stags shed their antlers?

[Bill]

Cos Google suggests the rut has been over a month or more but I'm sat looking at a couple of magnificent fully equipped Sika stags. I'm in Studland on the south coast if that makes a difference.

[moorx]

From http://www.thestalkingdirectory.co.uk/content.php/...

Antlers
The number of points on a Sika stag’s antlers is dependent on its age. The first set of antlers begins to grow at around six months old. In the second year, a two point head will be grown and in the second and third year between four and six points is usual. The fourth set will have around eight points. The angle of the points is more acute than those in the Red Deer, and there is an absence of bey tines.
The stags will keep their antlers until spring time, by which point they may look very white and have long since lost their velvet, which is shed in August or September. The Sika Deer is more likely to show damaged or deformed antlers than the Red Deer.

[Bill]

Brilliant, thanks.