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<blockquote data-quote="megalomaniac" data-source="post: 4708507" data-attributes="member: 2805"><p>A high fence is not the same as a high fence as a high fence....</p><p></p><p>The bulk of the problem originated in game farms... High fence farming enclosures designed to genetically manipulate whitetail antlers... We have mastered that to the point where we are now able to grow 200" 1.5 y/o bucks, and 4.5 y/os in the 400's, occasionally 500's. Those million dollar bucks are used for semen to sell for AI. Because of the unreal high deer densities and the constant trading of deer from one facility to another across state lines, CWD was seeded throughout the US.</p><p></p><p>Fast forward to the typical high fence hunting locations... most of those were put up to allow deer to reach maturity before hunting. The owners had unrealistic expectations that they would grow 170" deer routinely, but local genetics just don't allow that to happen. The easiest way is to introduce a few does or bucks from game ranches who have the potential to reach 225" or so... Those are relatively cheap ($10,000 or so) and introduce the high scoring genes into the enclosure... Problem is, if you bring in a deer from a CWD facility, then you've just infected your entire herd.</p><p></p><p>Then the majority of high fence properties have done everything right. Never imported a singe deer, just allowed their own deer to age naturally with unlimited food and an absence of predators. There's nothing wrong with that. Most of those properties are extensively managed for buck: doe ratios and deer densities kept around 50/ mi2.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="megalomaniac, post: 4708507, member: 2805"] A high fence is not the same as a high fence as a high fence.... The bulk of the problem originated in game farms... High fence farming enclosures designed to genetically manipulate whitetail antlers... We have mastered that to the point where we are now able to grow 200" 1.5 y/o bucks, and 4.5 y/os in the 400's, occasionally 500's. Those million dollar bucks are used for semen to sell for AI. Because of the unreal high deer densities and the constant trading of deer from one facility to another across state lines, CWD was seeded throughout the US. Fast forward to the typical high fence hunting locations... most of those were put up to allow deer to reach maturity before hunting. The owners had unrealistic expectations that they would grow 170" deer routinely, but local genetics just don't allow that to happen. The easiest way is to introduce a few does or bucks from game ranches who have the potential to reach 225" or so... Those are relatively cheap ($10,000 or so) and introduce the high scoring genes into the enclosure... Problem is, if you bring in a deer from a CWD facility, then you've just infected your entire herd. Then the majority of high fence properties have done everything right. Never imported a singe deer, just allowed their own deer to age naturally with unlimited food and an absence of predators. There's nothing wrong with that. Most of those properties are extensively managed for buck: doe ratios and deer densities kept around 50/ mi2. [/QUOTE]
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