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<blockquote data-quote="Ski" data-source="post: 5506754" data-attributes="member: 20583"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.ckwri.tamuk.edu/news-events/study-shows-female-deer-prefer-bigger-antlered-bucks-mates[/URL]</p><p></p><p>I watched a video where MSU deer lab cut off bucks' antlers and adapted the nubs with an apparatus that allowed any antler to be attached. They could make a 5yr old buck look like a 1yr old, and visa versa. They aligned three cages in a row and put the estrus doe in the middle, sandwiched between two bucks. One buck was mature and one was not, but the antlers could be switched back & forth. In test after test the doe butted up against the cage of whichever buck was wearing the the big antlers at the time. It strongly suggested that a doe, if given a choice will select the biggest rack to be her stud. That obviously is a controlled study viewing through a very narrow window. No doubt there are more complex factors at play in nature. But it sure seemed to align exactly with the theory that the "chase" is her way of ensuring as many bucks as possible compete for her, and that she doesn't want just any runt. She wants a brute. </p><p></p><p>I tried to find the video on YouTube but couldn't. I did find an article from a Texas A&M program detailing it in the link.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ski, post: 5506754, member: 20583"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.ckwri.tamuk.edu/news-events/study-shows-female-deer-prefer-bigger-antlered-bucks-mates[/URL] I watched a video where MSU deer lab cut off bucks' antlers and adapted the nubs with an apparatus that allowed any antler to be attached. They could make a 5yr old buck look like a 1yr old, and visa versa. They aligned three cages in a row and put the estrus doe in the middle, sandwiched between two bucks. One buck was mature and one was not, but the antlers could be switched back & forth. In test after test the doe butted up against the cage of whichever buck was wearing the the big antlers at the time. It strongly suggested that a doe, if given a choice will select the biggest rack to be her stud. That obviously is a controlled study viewing through a very narrow window. No doubt there are more complex factors at play in nature. But it sure seemed to align exactly with the theory that the "chase" is her way of ensuring as many bucks as possible compete for her, and that she doesn't want just any runt. She wants a brute. I tried to find the video on YouTube but couldn't. I did find an article from a Texas A&M program detailing it in the link. [/QUOTE]
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