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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5634986" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>My guess would be less than 110.</p><p></p><p>If the East TN area being alluded to (for having larger antlered bucks) is Holston Army Ammunition Plant, there is a very logical explanation that specific location produces more larger antlered bucks than the surrounding area. It's mainly due to simply less hunting.</p><p></p><p>First, this area is located along the Holston River, i.e. the most fertile soils of the region.</p><p>These soils are <em>NOT</em> representative of the mountainous areas of East TN.</p><p></p><p>Next, significantly less high grading of 2 1/2-yr-old buck antlers on Holston installation than the surrounding area experiences. This allows for a much higher percentage of those bucks surviving to maturity to actually be the ones with the better antler genetics. By contrast, in the surrounding areas, most of the bucks surviving to maturity tend to be the ones with below average antler genetics.</p><p></p><p>Lastly, there is simply better herd health within this installation than compared to the surrounding mountainous areas. This is not just a soil & nutritional thing, but is a buck:doe ratio thing. </p><p></p><p>Most yearling bucks within the installation should not be participating in the rut, meaning they spend their 1st couple years getting better nutrition than those yearling bucks in the surrounding area. In the surrounding area, most doe breeding may be actually be done by 1 1/2-yr-old bucks, while within the installation, most 1 1/2-yr-old bucks may not "rut" any at all, as they just feed and fatten.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5634986, member: 1409"] My guess would be less than 110. If the East TN area being alluded to (for having larger antlered bucks) is Holston Army Ammunition Plant, there is a very logical explanation that specific location produces more larger antlered bucks than the surrounding area. It's mainly due to simply less hunting. First, this area is located along the Holston River, i.e. the most fertile soils of the region. These soils are [I]NOT[/I] representative of the mountainous areas of East TN. Next, significantly less high grading of 2 1/2-yr-old buck antlers on Holston installation than the surrounding area experiences. This allows for a much higher percentage of those bucks surviving to maturity to actually be the ones with the better antler genetics. By contrast, in the surrounding areas, most of the bucks surviving to maturity tend to be the ones with below average antler genetics. Lastly, there is simply better herd health within this installation than compared to the surrounding mountainous areas. This is not just a soil & nutritional thing, but is a buck:doe ratio thing. Most yearling bucks within the installation should not be participating in the rut, meaning they spend their 1st couple years getting better nutrition than those yearling bucks in the surrounding area. In the surrounding area, most doe breeding may be actually be done by 1 1/2-yr-old bucks, while within the installation, most 1 1/2-yr-old bucks may not "rut" any at all, as they just feed and fatten. [/QUOTE]
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