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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 5122605" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>Be careful of what "seeing results" mean. In a true scientific experiment, only one factor is changed, not many factors. Too often I see those who are doing many things to aid wildlife (especially deer), latch on to one of the many changes they've made and assume that is the cause of any improvements they are seeing. In reality, it is probably the accumulation of EVERYTHING that is being done, from habitat changes to changes in herd dynamics through selective harvest that are producing improvements.</p><p></p><p>Yes, penned cattle will display improvements in large supplementations of just about anything, from food quality to minerals. The same is true of deer. Penned deer WILL show improvements in performance with large-scale mineral supplementation. However, wild, free-ranging deer will not. Most of the studies on mineral supplementation have been done by the producers/sellers of minerals in an attempt to bolster the sale of their products. When the results show nothing, those studies don't get published. Several of the Univ in TX and I believe Auburn and Miss State have all conducted mineral supplementation studies of free-ranging deer and they showed no benefit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 5122605, member: 17"] Be careful of what "seeing results" mean. In a true scientific experiment, only one factor is changed, not many factors. Too often I see those who are doing many things to aid wildlife (especially deer), latch on to one of the many changes they've made and assume that is the cause of any improvements they are seeing. In reality, it is probably the accumulation of EVERYTHING that is being done, from habitat changes to changes in herd dynamics through selective harvest that are producing improvements. Yes, penned cattle will display improvements in large supplementations of just about anything, from food quality to minerals. The same is true of deer. Penned deer WILL show improvements in performance with large-scale mineral supplementation. However, wild, free-ranging deer will not. Most of the studies on mineral supplementation have been done by the producers/sellers of minerals in an attempt to bolster the sale of their products. When the results show nothing, those studies don't get published. Several of the Univ in TX and I believe Auburn and Miss State have all conducted mineral supplementation studies of free-ranging deer and they showed no benefit. [/QUOTE]
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