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Looking for buck high-grading
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<blockquote data-quote="megalomaniac" data-source="post: 5656741" data-attributes="member: 2805"><p>'you can't affect genetics in a free ranging herd'....</p><p></p><p> I subscribed to this theory, but am starting to doubt it's veracity...</p><p></p><p>After 10 years of neighbors shooting everything over 125in and passing everything under 125in, we are in a situation where the vast majority of our mature bucks are sub par (culls). BUT, we are starting to see declining estimated antler scores in our younger bucks past 2 years.... so while high grading is the main culprit, I'm actually starting to think we may actually be negatively affecting genetics for higher scoring antlers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="megalomaniac, post: 5656741, member: 2805"] 'you can't affect genetics in a free ranging herd'.... I subscribed to this theory, but am starting to doubt it's veracity... After 10 years of neighbors shooting everything over 125in and passing everything under 125in, we are in a situation where the vast majority of our mature bucks are sub par (culls). BUT, we are starting to see declining estimated antler scores in our younger bucks past 2 years.... so while high grading is the main culprit, I'm actually starting to think we may actually be negatively affecting genetics for higher scoring antlers. [/QUOTE]
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