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Quality Deer Management
Sometimes it's better to be lucky
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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 5266013" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>This is exactly correct LBLman. Nature works it out over a lot of trial-and-error. Mature bucks have finished growing their skeletal structure and have body mass to spare. It is better when mature bucks do most of the breeding (or at least a higher percentage than their representation in the population). Young bucks need to be protected from the rigors of the rut. If they participate little in the rut, they can use their ingested resources to grow larger bodies, which in turn allows them to be bigger, stronger animals once they reach the age of dominance. That in turn leads to excess resources which can go into antler growth come maturity.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 5266013, member: 17"] This is exactly correct LBLman. Nature works it out over a lot of trial-and-error. Mature bucks have finished growing their skeletal structure and have body mass to spare. It is better when mature bucks do most of the breeding (or at least a higher percentage than their representation in the population). Young bucks need to be protected from the rigors of the rut. If they participate little in the rut, they can use their ingested resources to grow larger bodies, which in turn allows them to be bigger, stronger animals once they reach the age of dominance. That in turn leads to excess resources which can go into antler growth come maturity. [/QUOTE]
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