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Interesting shift in MS management techniques
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<blockquote data-quote="megalomaniac" data-source="post: 1128541" data-attributes="member: 2805"><p>MS implemented the 4pt rule back in 1995 or so (IIRC), and since then, most MS biologists feel comfortable stating that the concept of high grading is real and detrimental to antler quality over the long run.</p><p></p><p>The past couple of years, however, many DMAP (MS biologist managed private properties) programs have been instructed by their biologists to shoot ALL spikes in addition to their standard club restrictions (usually around 16" inside spread or 18" beam length or some variation thereof).</p><p></p><p>Seems to me such a blanket method of dealing with the 'inferior' deer in the yearling age class would eventually hurt the hunting in the future, especially on properties well under carrying capacity and on properties with skewed sex ratios towards does.</p><p></p><p>Wouldn't a better approach be to target only those spikes believed to be 2.5 or older?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="megalomaniac, post: 1128541, member: 2805"] MS implemented the 4pt rule back in 1995 or so (IIRC), and since then, most MS biologists feel comfortable stating that the concept of high grading is real and detrimental to antler quality over the long run. The past couple of years, however, many DMAP (MS biologist managed private properties) programs have been instructed by their biologists to shoot ALL spikes in addition to their standard club restrictions (usually around 16" inside spread or 18" beam length or some variation thereof). Seems to me such a blanket method of dealing with the 'inferior' deer in the yearling age class would eventually hurt the hunting in the future, especially on properties well under carrying capacity and on properties with skewed sex ratios towards does. Wouldn't a better approach be to target only those spikes believed to be 2.5 or older? [/QUOTE]
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