Alright I do know a little bit about them. Not completely in the dark. I know they turn black as they mature, etc. And that anything over 3 curls is a pretty good buck.
I'm curious as to their behavior. We have a very small group on our low fence lease outside Rocksprings. See the same ones every trip. 3 does, a fawn, and a buck. And then separately we have two younger bucks walking around solo. The buck with the harem won't allow the other bucks near them.
The buck that's with the does has put on a full curl in the last year. Went from 1+ curls to 2+ curls. Hoping he repeats that and will be over 3 curls come winter 2018. What are the odds of this? We will consider harvesting him if he does. But we're still up in the air on that. We may let him live to continue to breed. As we see a new fawn fairly often.
What are yalls thoughts? If we shoot him, will one of the other bucks then move in on the does and pick up where he left off? Will they all disappear for some reason? They've been on our place the last 1-2 years. Haven't left. We know right where to look for them and see them 99% of the trips we take out there. Just don't want to mess that up.
Also, do all bucks reach 3+ curls if you give them enough time? Or are there bucks that will die of old age with only having grown 1-2 curls?
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I'm curious as to their behavior. We have a very small group on our low fence lease outside Rocksprings. See the same ones every trip. 3 does, a fawn, and a buck. And then separately we have two younger bucks walking around solo. The buck with the harem won't allow the other bucks near them.
The buck that's with the does has put on a full curl in the last year. Went from 1+ curls to 2+ curls. Hoping he repeats that and will be over 3 curls come winter 2018. What are the odds of this? We will consider harvesting him if he does. But we're still up in the air on that. We may let him live to continue to breed. As we see a new fawn fairly often.
What are yalls thoughts? If we shoot him, will one of the other bucks then move in on the does and pick up where he left off? Will they all disappear for some reason? They've been on our place the last 1-2 years. Haven't left. We know right where to look for them and see them 99% of the trips we take out there. Just don't want to mess that up.
Also, do all bucks reach 3+ curls if you give them enough time? Or are there bucks that will die of old age with only having grown 1-2 curls?
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