After shotgun season I've been thinking allot about this. It's probably been brought up before but I haven't seen it.
During shotgun season a couple guys shot some smaller (1.5yrs) bucks. No problem it happens. Then someone comes up and says it's a cull buck it needed to be taken out of the gene pool.
I'm like no it just needed to grow at least 2 more years.
I'm just wonderinig if people really think they can change the deer genetics by shooting one or a couple deer?
To me it seems impossible. If you wait til there mature they've already spread there genes. If you shoot young ones you never know what they could've been.
If you want his genes gone from your deer herd you'd have to kill his entire family wouldn't you? Mother,father,grandparents, kids and so on.
Seems more like a justification of shooting a less desireable deer.
I read an article in either the QDMA magazine or Deer and Deer hunting. They took I think 4 yearling buck. With different antler size (spike up to 8 point) and watched them til they where I believe 5 or 6.
What they found was at maturity they where all basically the same size. If I rememaber 150" to 160". They stated that they just grow at different rates. Some peak early some have steady progress each year and some peak late.
Not saying every deer will grow to be at least 150". I just don't think a person can actually change the gene pool in the deer herd.
During shotgun season a couple guys shot some smaller (1.5yrs) bucks. No problem it happens. Then someone comes up and says it's a cull buck it needed to be taken out of the gene pool.
I'm like no it just needed to grow at least 2 more years.
I'm just wonderinig if people really think they can change the deer genetics by shooting one or a couple deer?
To me it seems impossible. If you wait til there mature they've already spread there genes. If you shoot young ones you never know what they could've been.
If you want his genes gone from your deer herd you'd have to kill his entire family wouldn't you? Mother,father,grandparents, kids and so on.
Seems more like a justification of shooting a less desireable deer.
I read an article in either the QDMA magazine or Deer and Deer hunting. They took I think 4 yearling buck. With different antler size (spike up to 8 point) and watched them til they where I believe 5 or 6.
What they found was at maturity they where all basically the same size. If I rememaber 150" to 160". They stated that they just grow at different rates. Some peak early some have steady progress each year and some peak late.
Not saying every deer will grow to be at least 150". I just don't think a person can actually change the gene pool in the deer herd.