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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 5500059" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>This theory actually holds some water, or at least the idea that late breeding times increases pedicle damage. The highest incidence I've seen of the "spike" (or malformed antler) on one side problem is in areas of the Deep South where the rut is the latest. Many years ago I would have arguments with hunters in southern AL and MS about "culling out the 'spike-on-one-side genetics'." And a very high percentage of the hunters arguing to cull were in areas with a very, very late rut.</p><p></p><p>As a side note, my argument concerning the problem being genetic revolved around the fact that it couldn't be genetic as deer do not have separate genetic codes for right and left antlers. They just have one set of genetic code for antlers, and the process of bilateral symmetry grows near mirror image antlers. This is the case with all mammals and growth. We humans do not have two sets of genetics, one for our left arm and left leg and another set for our right arm and right leg. We just have code that grows arms and legs, and bilateral symmetry produces a pair of mirror image appendages.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 5500059, member: 17"] This theory actually holds some water, or at least the idea that late breeding times increases pedicle damage. The highest incidence I've seen of the "spike" (or malformed antler) on one side problem is in areas of the Deep South where the rut is the latest. Many years ago I would have arguments with hunters in southern AL and MS about "culling out the 'spike-on-one-side genetics'." And a very high percentage of the hunters arguing to cull were in areas with a very, very late rut. As a side note, my argument concerning the problem being genetic revolved around the fact that it couldn't be genetic as deer do not have separate genetic codes for right and left antlers. They just have one set of genetic code for antlers, and the process of bilateral symmetry grows near mirror image antlers. This is the case with all mammals and growth. We humans do not have two sets of genetics, one for our left arm and left leg and another set for our right arm and right leg. We just have code that grows arms and legs, and bilateral symmetry produces a pair of mirror image appendages. [/QUOTE]
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