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The 2020 antler conundrum
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<blockquote data-quote="megalomaniac" data-source="post: 4997325" data-attributes="member: 2805"><p>Excellent growing season with no severe prolonged drought from May through August while antlers were forming. Combine that with more and more hunters becoming selective about what they kill improving statewide age structure, and this is the result.</p><p></p><p>There are no flukes when analyzing data containing an adequate sample size. There is a reason for everything. Now we may disagree on the causality, but I assure you there is a cause.</p><p></p><p>Personally on my farms, there has been no difference in antler sizes by age class this year from the past 5 years. In fact, a bit lower for the 2.5 y/o age class. But we have been under my current management plan for 7or 8 years. Body weights for mature bucks were up 10% however over long term averages (only sample size of 2... a 4.5 y/o and a 5.5 y/o)</p><p></p><p>So how did you like Giles Island?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="megalomaniac, post: 4997325, member: 2805"] Excellent growing season with no severe prolonged drought from May through August while antlers were forming. Combine that with more and more hunters becoming selective about what they kill improving statewide age structure, and this is the result. There are no flukes when analyzing data containing an adequate sample size. There is a reason for everything. Now we may disagree on the causality, but I assure you there is a cause. Personally on my farms, there has been no difference in antler sizes by age class this year from the past 5 years. In fact, a bit lower for the 2.5 y/o age class. But we have been under my current management plan for 7or 8 years. Body weights for mature bucks were up 10% however over long term averages (only sample size of 2... a 4.5 y/o and a 5.5 y/o) So how did you like Giles Island? [/QUOTE]
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