Thread: A Couple from Canada

(sorry duffed my 'quote' in reply to comment about whitetail size)

Is it genetics? Or do they put more weight on for colder winter? Or is it a better food source from the grain farms etc?

Curious.

Originally Posted by chaffnz

(sorry duffed my 'quote' in reply to comment about whitetail size)

Is it genetics? Or do they put more weight on for colder winter? Or is it a better food source from the grain farms etc?

Curious.

I think it is most likely genetics. The further north you go the bigger they are ,like Saskactawen( correct spelling ?) which is renowned for huge whitetail. Food also helps, the Buck my grandson shot was living on Alf alfa ( Lucerne )

Originally Posted by Mooseman

I think it is most likely genetics. The further north you go the bigger they are ,like Saskactawen( correct spelling ?) which is renowned for huge whitetail. Food also helps, the Buck my grandson shot was living on Alf alfa ( Lucerne )

Not just genetics. There is a growth response in animals to being moved further North. Greater size equals proportionately less surface area to mass. As an example a population of Roosevelt Elk was established on Afognak Island ( didn't check spelling but it's something like that) using animals from the Washington state wild population. Within a couple of generations they were exhibiting much greater body size than the parent stock. The reverse is the case if you took those Elk to the tropics.

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

Not just genetics. There is a growth response in animals to being moved further North. Greater size equals proportionately less surface area to mass. As an example a population of Roosevelt Elk was established on Afognak Island ( didn't check spelling but it's something like that) using animals from the Washington state wild population. Within a couple of generations they were exhibiting much greater body size than the parent stock. The reverse is the case if you took those Elk to the tropics.

According to several dairy farmers i have talked to, the same applies to dairy cows moved from the North Island to the South Island. The cows actually grow bigger after they are moved. It may in part be due to less stresses from things like facial eczema. I don't know if the farmers also grow bigger...

Originally Posted by Cigar

According to several dairy farmers i have talked to, the same applies to dairy cows moved from the North Island to the South Island. The cows actually grow bigger after they are moved. It may in part be due to less stresses from things like facial eczema. I don't know if the farmers also grow bigger...

They say the sheep in Southland are bigger than the sheep in the North Island.


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