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Do you think a buck is aware of the size of own rack?
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<blockquote data-quote="JCDEERMAN" data-source="post: 5025445" data-attributes="member: 5787"><p>Agreed</p><p></p><p>On a somewhat different note, I did see some research out of Miss St Univ that showed some interesting stuff in regards to does preference of bucks in accordance to their racks. Essentially they sawed off each set of antlers of a buck with great genetics and one with inferior genetics, swapped the antlers and glued them on their heads. If I remember correctly, the does preferred the bigger antlers - it was signaling that the buck with the larger antlers signaled genetic quality and overall superior health. Energy is put into building their body first, before it is put into their rack. Good habitats supporting deer Dec-March is crucial for this. </p><p></p><p>I watched a show on this, but did a quick search and found this article:</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]http://extension.msstate.edu/news/extension-outdoors/2018/antlers-offer-insights-habitat-quality#:~:text=Research%20from%20the%20Mississippi%20State,bucks%20with%20relatively%20larger%20antlers.&text=Antlers%20are%20great%20habitat%2Dquality,nutrition%20than%20body%20size%20is.[/URL]</p><p></p><p>Anyone have any insight on the MSU deer program and their research? Just found this too - I may spend some time here looking around. Also looks like they have a podcast:</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.msudeer.msstate.edu/[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JCDEERMAN, post: 5025445, member: 5787"] Agreed On a somewhat different note, I did see some research out of Miss St Univ that showed some interesting stuff in regards to does preference of bucks in accordance to their racks. Essentially they sawed off each set of antlers of a buck with great genetics and one with inferior genetics, swapped the antlers and glued them on their heads. If I remember correctly, the does preferred the bigger antlers - it was signaling that the buck with the larger antlers signaled genetic quality and overall superior health. Energy is put into building their body first, before it is put into their rack. Good habitats supporting deer Dec-March is crucial for this. I watched a show on this, but did a quick search and found this article: [URL unfurl="true"]http://extension.msstate.edu/news/extension-outdoors/2018/antlers-offer-insights-habitat-quality#:~:text=Research%20from%20the%20Mississippi%20State,bucks%20with%20relatively%20larger%20antlers.&text=Antlers%20are%20great%20habitat%2Dquality,nutrition%20than%20body%20size%20is.[/URL] Anyone have any insight on the MSU deer program and their research? Just found this too - I may spend some time here looking around. Also looks like they have a podcast: [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.msudeer.msstate.edu/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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