Thread: Herd management and Playing our part

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

Re the shooting of hinds with good genetics, a great hind has little impact on shifting the genetics of a herd compared to a stag just because she is limited by the number of offspring she produces per year. If we shot all the poor stags and left only the very top ones so that they covered 40 -50 hinds each we would see a dramatic improvement in antler genetics. Instead we shoot the good ones and leave the crap arse ones to breed. If you wanted to breed olympic sprinters would you choose Usane Bolt or Danny Devito as the sire ?

The managed wild herds in Europe that produce spectacular heads dont shoot the best stags until they are going down hill and are too old to hold hinds - 12 yrs +. They shoot all the crap ones out

if you wanted to breed top athelete would you by pass Valery Adams and only use Stephen????
two top level competitors in two VERY different sports,arguably have same genetics

but I agree we shoot ourselves in the foot...pun intended.
that top hind SHOULD poke out a top stag fawn at some point..... hopefully he lives long enough to poke a few hinds and pass on genes.
either way,we need to be seen to do something... I do wonder what goes through minds of chopper shooter when they whack over something as special as those you showed.... no matter which way you look at that it is short sighted dumb move.