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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 3075420" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>Most hunters think their adult sex ratio is highly skewed towards does. Yet in real-world studies, rarely is it found that the sex ratio is really that skewed. First, only in rare circumstances is that even biologically possible. Secondly, what we see while hunting isn't a good representation of what deer are really out there in the woods, <strong>especially</strong> in areas where far more harvest pressure is placed on one sex of deer (usually bucks). That drives just the bucks nocturnal (where they aren't seen by hunters) while leaving the does and fawns to walk around in daylight with impunity (where they will be seen multiple times by hunters).</p><p></p><p>What I'm getting at is, just because you see 6 does for every buck, your real sex ratio is probably no worse than 2 does per buck, which is biologically acceptable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 3075420, member: 17"] Most hunters think their adult sex ratio is highly skewed towards does. Yet in real-world studies, rarely is it found that the sex ratio is really that skewed. First, only in rare circumstances is that even biologically possible. Secondly, what we see while hunting isn't a good representation of what deer are really out there in the woods, [b]especially[/b] in areas where far more harvest pressure is placed on one sex of deer (usually bucks). That drives just the bucks nocturnal (where they aren't seen by hunters) while leaving the does and fawns to walk around in daylight with impunity (where they will be seen multiple times by hunters). What I'm getting at is, just because you see 6 does for every buck, your real sex ratio is probably no worse than 2 does per buck, which is biologically acceptable. [/QUOTE]
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