Age certainly, but it is unfortunate that because of some hundreds of liberations outside of the main herds we in the south are riddled with crappy localised genetics.
Not saying that good genetics...
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Age certainly, but it is unfortunate that because of some hundreds of liberations outside of the main herds we in the south are riddled with crappy localised genetics.
Not saying that good genetics...
I found reading old trophy hunting books fascinating for the information on this topic. Looking at the production of trophies from various herds as the deer expanded their range into new country with...
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...
Genetics makes the biggest difference to antlers. Stags are no better fed on farms today than what they were twenty years ago and yet SCI scores have gone from 500 inches to 900 now. There are very...