I love the podcasts from Steve Rinella aka Meat Eater. The one from last night was with a game biologist on a large low fence South Texas Ranch in Maverick County.
Some of the finds:
A WT best growing potential is at 7.5 yrs old up to 11 yrs of age
Twin fawns come from 2 different baby daddy's, not one.
Teeth aging is the best method of aging deer after the harvest.
Aging a deer in the field, on the hoof has a bunch of factors. The tarsal gland plays a significant part in aging deer. More so how high it sits on the buck.
A one yr old buck can and will grow massive antlers. This ranch had an 11 point one yr old.
Deer density and forage are the key factors in growing big antlers. Culling both does and bucks are important to management.
Interesting. It is working on this low fence ranch. The norm for harvest is low 150 to 170 and quite a few are in the 170 to 200 range.
It did not mention the ranch so it is not that I don't want to tell you. I will google the guys name later and see which ranch he is with.
Some of the finds:
A WT best growing potential is at 7.5 yrs old up to 11 yrs of age
Twin fawns come from 2 different baby daddy's, not one.
Teeth aging is the best method of aging deer after the harvest.
Aging a deer in the field, on the hoof has a bunch of factors. The tarsal gland plays a significant part in aging deer. More so how high it sits on the buck.
A one yr old buck can and will grow massive antlers. This ranch had an 11 point one yr old.
Deer density and forage are the key factors in growing big antlers. Culling both does and bucks are important to management.
Interesting. It is working on this low fence ranch. The norm for harvest is low 150 to 170 and quite a few are in the 170 to 200 range.
It did not mention the ranch so it is not that I don't want to tell you. I will google the guys name later and see which ranch he is with.
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