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Originally posted by bossbowman View PostThe females hold half the genetics so this doesn't really matter in a low fence environment.
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Originally posted by jshouse View Postso that leaves half with the buck too....I see his point, he just needs to figure out how to talk his buddies into the shooting one of the 3 inferior bulls instead of big stud bull.
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Originally posted by IkemanTX View PostThe problem with this argument is that it has been shown time and time again that hunters can not change the genetic pool in low fence herds. The two things we can controls to a degree.... age and nutrition.
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Okay time and time again. State your source.
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Originally posted by IkemanTX View PostThe problem with this argument is that it has been shown time and time again that hunters can not change the genetic pool in low fence herds. The two things we can controls to a degree.... age and nutrition.
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its possible to change it, not drastically, but over time subtle changes can be made.
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Originally posted by Traxx View PostOkay time and time again. State your source.
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I guess QDMA has no clue about herd management practices...
Or this study referenced in deer and deer hunter where they had to switch to a captive herd to get any controlled results. Found that early yearling fawns can participate in breading (spreading possible “cull” genetics 2-3 consecutive years before being identified as a “cull”)
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- “Does it make sense to selectively harvest males for the purpose of improving herd genetics? Our results suggest that managers who attempt to alter herd genetics through selective harvest are, at the very least, fighting a Mt. Everest scale uphill battle.”
Can you mange genetics of wild deer though herd manipulation to achieve bigger bucks? That's a question a lot of hunters and land managers ask and discuss.
And then everyone fails to ever provide any evidence that even highly controlled male populations can overcome the inclusion of unwanted genetics from the does (50% of the genetic makeup of every buck comes from the doe)
In a highly controlled environment, such as a farm, where both the doe and buck’s lineages are documented and selected.... you can definitely improve genetics quickly. With the vast range of genetic diversity, 50% of the genetic structure being uncontrollable (i.e. does), and the documented displacement rates and distances of young deer in their first year... we are fooling ourselves thinking that we are having a noticeable effect on the actual genetic makeup of the herd.
What is more likely the case is that hunters who are highly concerned with management practices are more likely to make improvements on food availability, buck/doe ratios, and overall age structures within the herd (all of which ARE in a manager’s control) which in Turn improves the overall antler quality of the bucks observed. These much larger contributions to herd health often get overlooked as the reason for improvement, and credit is unduly given to “cull” programs.
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Antler Restriction Question
I would argue that the inclusion of lineage controlled breeder bucks would have a MUCH faster, and longer lasting effect on the herd antler performance than cull selection.
In that case, you are injecting known dominant genetic performers into a gene pool rather than trying to remove a trait well engrained into the regions population.
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Or even more effectively, high quality bred does from the same lineages. In that scenario, you get 2 deer worth of improved genetics instead of 1. (And, does tend to live longer on average due to not having antler to help convince the hunter to shoot them)
Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkLast edited by IkemanTX; 12-06-2017, 12:20 PM.
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Originally posted by Traxx View PostI also didn’t make absolute statements
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Would this statement better please you...
It has been shown time and time again that selective harvest provides VERY LITTLE, if any, long term controllable results in a low fence environment. Age structure, food availability, and buck/doe ratios are management goals that are much more effective in antler class improvement.
Although I would argue the brow tine results as a change in nutrition availability during brow time development over the years. (i.e. protein/corn supplements, food plots, agriculture practice changes etc..)
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Originally posted by IkemanTX View PostThe problem with this argument is that it has been shown time and time again that hunters can not change the genetic pool in low fence herds. The two things we can controls to a degree.... age and nutrition.
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Originally posted by brokeno View PostThe biggest problem with ar is you are harvesting your best deer with the best genetics and the letting the poor genetics deer survive breed and pass on more and more poor genetics. Let's say I have 100 head of cattle and 1 stud bull that sires the best calves every year and 3 other bulls that sire inferior calves every year. I need to make hamburger to feed my family so I am going to kill my stud bull and let the 3 other inferior bulls keep producing inferior calves. The same thing is happening to deer with only the best deer being harvested. there needs to be a way to harvest the inferior cull bucks without using your only buck tag.
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