flacowman said:
I wouldn't clip. If it's a hair show you'll still have a chance of him not shedding and if it's slick you have plenty of time to clip him once it warms up some more. My rule of thumb has always been don't clip it off unless you can afford for it not to come back
It will definitely be a hair show in Nebraska. I probably wouldn't shear him unless it's already shucking. He would almost certainly have shucked at least some hair by June. When ours start to let the hair go in the spring, we encourage it for two weeks really hard. We don't rinse as much, we don't keep them under fans for those couple weeks. Then, as soon as they're done shedding, we get right on our summer schedule for hair growth. We've never had one not put on at least some good hair. You could get enough hair back by June to do well, but our schedule is more aimed for July/August shows.