#1695528 - 12/29/09 05:27 PM
High fenced deer
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mcnairy mike
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Just had a question. Called twra last year to question legality and fair chase on high fenced deer. What keeps these deer from becoming inbred over a period of time?
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#1695532 - 12/29/09 05:31 PM
Re: High fenced deer
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megalomaniac
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There's enough genetic diversity in your average everyday TN deer to last 15-20 generations before that becomes a concern...
Perhaps after 25 years of highfence, you MIGHT have a problem...
But the guys I know with highfences are also in well with local game officials and will bring in orphaned (rescued) fawn bucks/does from other areas of the state on occasion to increase diversity.
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#1695534 - 12/29/09 05:32 PM
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mathews338
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they probably work it more like a cattle ranch
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#1695550 - 12/29/09 05:44 PM
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There's enough genetic diversity in your average everyday TN deer to last 15-20 generations before that becomes a concern...
Perhaps after 25 years of highfence, you MIGHT have a problem...
But the guys I know with highfences are also in well with local game officials and will bring in orphaned (rescued) fawn bucks/does from other areas of the state on occasion to increase diversity.
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#1695572 - 12/29/09 05:55 PM
Re: High fenced deer
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mcnairy mike
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I know its all according to acreage of fenced farm or zoo but without introduction of new deer how it affects wild game has yet to be seen
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#1695979 - 12/29/09 09:18 PM
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megalomaniac
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Sure, it has yet to be seen... because it HASN'T been seen. Once again, there is enough genetic diversity in the average whitetail to be without any concern for 15-20 generations.
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#1696048 - 12/29/09 09:50 PM
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bowriter
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Most of the deer are either linebred or inbred. Aint no biggie. But of course, when you concentrate them, that's a different deal.
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#1696104 - 12/29/09 10:22 PM
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gator-n-buck
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No different than a hunting dogs...Most of them are inbred. Thats why you need a cast net to catch some of them..
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#1696135 - 12/29/09 10:38 PM
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Jeff!
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And I know for a fact that a lot of bigger ranches with high fences artificially impregnate these deer usually with breeder buck semen from some trophy deer somewhere else... I watched a guy do the whole operation in Tx it was pretty neat... But this always help keep new genetics in the herd...
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