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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 5368009" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>I bet what your seeing is just the result of two factors. First, selectiveness in harvest. As TheLBLman keeps rightfully harping about, killing the top middle-aged bucks greatly reduces the antler potential of mature bucks. Second, you've vastly improved your habitat.</p><p></p><p>I have a client I've been running camera censuses for a number of years. They hired me because they were having a problem with small-antlered mature bucks. In fact, the first year I ran a census for them, only 19% of their <u>mature</u> bucks had 9 or more points. Now, several years later, improved habitat, and implementing a protection program for the largest antlered middle-aged bucks, 43% of their mature bucks have 9 or more points. Big place with little inflow of bucks. It wasn't a change in genetics. It was a change in habitat quality and protecting the top-end young bucks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 5368009, member: 17"] I bet what your seeing is just the result of two factors. First, selectiveness in harvest. As TheLBLman keeps rightfully harping about, killing the top middle-aged bucks greatly reduces the antler potential of mature bucks. Second, you've vastly improved your habitat. I have a client I've been running camera censuses for a number of years. They hired me because they were having a problem with small-antlered mature bucks. In fact, the first year I ran a census for them, only 19% of their [U]mature[/U] bucks had 9 or more points. Now, several years later, improved habitat, and implementing a protection program for the largest antlered middle-aged bucks, 43% of their mature bucks have 9 or more points. Big place with little inflow of bucks. It wasn't a change in genetics. It was a change in habitat quality and protecting the top-end young bucks. [/QUOTE]
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