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Natural Non- Hrvest mortality rates?
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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 3642857" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>I believe you are correct, as no antler restrictions tend to "balance" the harvest better over all age classes, often allowing more 2 1/2 and older bucks to survive to 3 1/2 and older. I also believe there is less antler high grading, which is a much bigger issue than previously imagined, particularly in that the more buck hunting allowed, the more antler restrictions, the greater this issue.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I suspect they may also have less issue with antler high-grading than we do in TN. But like you say, they have <em>MORE</em> bucks per square mile, which is typically augmented by lower buck limits and shorter gun seasons. At the same time, it's somewhat an apples-to-oranges comparison when comparing the Midwest deer herd/hunting to Southeast deer herd/hunting. More valid might be comparing the deer herd dynamics of all state line border counties on either side of the TN-KY line, where statewide regulation may be the single biggest difference effecting outcomes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 3642857, member: 1409"] I believe you are correct, as no antler restrictions tend to "balance" the harvest better over all age classes, often allowing more 2 1/2 and older bucks to survive to 3 1/2 and older. I also believe there is less antler high grading, which is a much bigger issue than previously imagined, particularly in that the more buck hunting allowed, the more antler restrictions, the greater this issue. I suspect they may also have less issue with antler high-grading than we do in TN. But like you say, they have [i]MORE[/i] bucks per square mile, which is typically augmented by lower buck limits and shorter gun seasons. At the same time, it's somewhat an apples-to-oranges comparison when comparing the Midwest deer herd/hunting to Southeast deer herd/hunting. More valid might be comparing the deer herd dynamics of all state line border counties on either side of the TN-KY line, where statewide regulation may be the single biggest difference effecting outcomes. [/QUOTE]
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