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<blockquote data-quote="megalomaniac" data-source="post: 4928844" data-attributes="member: 2805"><p>I agree completely that you cannot change genetics in a wild herd, and you don't even need to... MS proved that all deer have the same genetic potential (for top scoring deer and terribly scoring deer) across the spectrum.</p><p></p><p>But I completely disagree with the statement that you cannot increase antlers in a wild herd. When it comes to antlers, it's ALL about age and nutrition. Provide more than enough high quality forage consistently for a herd throughout their lives, and then subsequent offspring lives and you WILL see an increase in antler size. Notice I again did not include supplemental minerals. That won't mean squat. If your plants (nutrition for deer) are growing optimally, they will contain all the calcium, phosphorous, magnesium, etc your deer will ever need.</p><p></p><p>Of course, providing optimum year round nutrition for your local herd is neither cheap nor easy usually. And incredibly difficult in areas with poor soils.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="megalomaniac, post: 4928844, member: 2805"] I agree completely that you cannot change genetics in a wild herd, and you don't even need to... MS proved that all deer have the same genetic potential (for top scoring deer and terribly scoring deer) across the spectrum. But I completely disagree with the statement that you cannot increase antlers in a wild herd. When it comes to antlers, it's ALL about age and nutrition. Provide more than enough high quality forage consistently for a herd throughout their lives, and then subsequent offspring lives and you WILL see an increase in antler size. Notice I again did not include supplemental minerals. That won't mean squat. If your plants (nutrition for deer) are growing optimally, they will contain all the calcium, phosphorous, magnesium, etc your deer will ever need. Of course, providing optimum year round nutrition for your local herd is neither cheap nor easy usually. And incredibly difficult in areas with poor soils. [/QUOTE]
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