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Originally posted by DaveC View PostI wish more people saw it this way.
A baby freak with a crap rack is still just a baby.
I'd rather cull a 3.5 yo for a meat buck than a 1.5-2.5 yo that carries a lot less grindable body mass than his younger brethren.
Look at breeding efficacy- immature deer are not going to successfully breed hardly anything. No reason to kill them, they are not contributing greatly to genetics.
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Originally posted by Jmh05 View PostI totally agree. We can't keep our lease hunters from slaughtering yearlings through 2.5yos. On my side of the ranch we have a 4.5yo minimum.
Look at breeding efficacy- immature deer are not going to successfully breed hardly anything. No reason to kill them, they are not contributing greatly to genetics.Last edited by texashunter56; 01-12-2017, 07:08 AM.
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Originally posted by 2good2Btru View PostHave several bucks on our place that are 4 pointer with no brow tines. Most of them are 2.5 with only a couple being 3.5. Would you let the 2.5 ones walk to see if they get better or cull them out? I definitely feel that we need to cull out the 3.5 ones. By that age, they should have brow tines.
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Originally posted by texashunter56 View PostThere have been studies that prove that statement wrong. Any buck in the herd is involved in the breeding. Any buck in the herd will only breed between 1-2 doe per year on average.
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dang that sucks!!!
G1's are the most inheritable trait so you my friend are SOL I think. The best you can do is shoot as many of the smaller ones with no brows as you can and let the normal G1 bucks live a long life of breeding.
I think its hopeless but don't give up. I am glad we have bucks with tall G1's.....helps the score alot
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My son shot a buck with no brows this year. I was targeting that buck and was glad to see him go. I see another with almost the exact rack on camera from time to time. I feel it's genetic to at least a handful of bucks in my area. If this other youngster with no brows crosses my path I would take him out as well.
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Originally posted by Jmh05 View PostAny links to these studies? I'd like to read them.
The study I assume Texashunter is refering to was initially lead by Miss State University and included deer populations from Miss, Okla, and S TX.
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