More Culling Info

[Aggie PhD]

One more thought. Has anybody taken into consideration impacts that the eradication of the screwworm has had on wildlife. The number of deer that are surviving to maturity, and subsequent density of deer has increased significantly over the last 40-50 years. And based upon the increased frequency of deer, there is an increase in the number of big deer, rather than a shift in genetic frequencies of antler genes over the last 40-50 years

[elgato]

I remember seeing the boxes all over the place when they were dropping them from planes. Cool how effective that was. Yep, more recruitment of bucks on higher nutrition allowed to age just might increase the number of trophies to be had.