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<blockquote data-quote="Grnwing" data-source="post: 4540049" data-attributes="member: 14910"><p>I think the social impact of any mature buck will have an influence on the surrounding deer heard. You only have so many acres and if you have a lot of mature bucks(with inferior antlers) you are pushing out your up and coming age class of bucks out to surrounding properties. You older bucks will establish their range and protect their territory and does. With the drop in doe numbers, you may actually be making it easier for those "inferior" racked mature bucks to tend their territory. I would think you would have some ground to debate with Ames on possibly allowing the harvest of some of these "inferior" bucks, but now this sounds like a "cull" buck and we know there is no such thing as a cull deer. SCN's recent post documenting the antler characteristics from year to year and the drastic changes that can happen. However, there maybe some benefit in the non-rut/bachelor period of the year where there is some benefit to the overall heard( I don't know what that would or could be). Since bachelor groups usually run by age class, there may not be any real significant impact of having the "inferior" antlered buck in the Ames heard.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Grnwing, post: 4540049, member: 14910"] I think the social impact of any mature buck will have an influence on the surrounding deer heard. You only have so many acres and if you have a lot of mature bucks(with inferior antlers) you are pushing out your up and coming age class of bucks out to surrounding properties. You older bucks will establish their range and protect their territory and does. With the drop in doe numbers, you may actually be making it easier for those "inferior" racked mature bucks to tend their territory. I would think you would have some ground to debate with Ames on possibly allowing the harvest of some of these "inferior" bucks, but now this sounds like a "cull" buck and we know there is no such thing as a cull deer. SCN's recent post documenting the antler characteristics from year to year and the drastic changes that can happen. However, there maybe some benefit in the non-rut/bachelor period of the year where there is some benefit to the overall heard( I don't know what that would or could be). Since bachelor groups usually run by age class, there may not be any real significant impact of having the "inferior" antlered buck in the Ames heard. [/QUOTE]
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