ARs= The Survival of the Weak and Scrawny
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ARs= The Survival of the Weak and Scrawny
Here's a link to an article that explains why ARs will eventually result in smaller racks.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/177709
ARs are the exact opposite of the survival of the fittest and will result in smaller rack sizes, just like they observed in Miss.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/177709
The time scale is one reason that most wildlife departments managing hunting harvests simply count the heads each year and decide how many to let hunters bag without thinking about genes. The most popular method of regulating hunting—restricting legal game to males with a minimum antler size—results in populations overrun with females and inferior males, which is ultimately no service to hunters. "The hunters wish for animals with large antlers and large horns, and yet their actions are making that harder to achieve," says Richard Harris, a conservation biologist in Montana. As a hunter, Harris knows that the outcome of this trend will satisfy no one, the Teddy Roosevelts of the next generation least of all.
ARs are the exact opposite of the survival of the fittest and will result in smaller rack sizes, just like they observed in Miss.
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RE: ARs= The Survival of the Weak and Scrawny
so let me see if i understand you
if we kill them when there young 1.5 we are going to have larger horns but if we let them go till
there 2.5 + it will make horns smaller is that what your saying bluebird or am i misunderstanding
you
that link went on about elphants and such
if we kill them when there young 1.5 we are going to have larger horns but if we let them go till
there 2.5 + it will make horns smaller is that what your saying bluebird or am i misunderstanding
you
that link went on about elphants and such
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RE: ARs= The Survival of the Weak and Scrawny
bluebird2=BS. No offense meant, but that falls under the category of don't believe everything you read. The only way that theory could be true is if the majority of buck allowed to reach 2.5 and older are inferior to begin with. THAT is not believable.
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RE: ARs= The Survival of the Weak and Scrawny
ORIGINAL: bowtruck
so let me see if i understand you
if we kill them when there young 1.5 we are going to have larger horns but if we let them go till
there 2.5 + it will make horns smaller is that what your saying bluebird or am i misunderstanding
you
that link went on about elphants and such
so let me see if i understand you
if we kill them when there young 1.5 we are going to have larger horns but if we let them go till
there 2.5 + it will make horns smaller is that what your saying bluebird or am i misunderstanding
you
that link went on about elphants and such
The last paragraph of the article also talked about deer and the effects of ARs.
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RE: ARs= The Survival of the Weak and Scrawny
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bluebird2=BS. No offense meant, but that falls under the category of don't believe everything you read. The only way that theory could be true is if the majority of buck allowed to reach 2.5 and older are inferior to begin with. THAT is not believable.
bluebird2=BS. No offense meant, but that falls under the category of don't believe everything you read. The only way that theory could be true is if the majority of buck allowed to reach 2.5 and older are inferior to begin with. THAT is not believable.
The only way that theory could be true is if the majority of buck allowed to reach 2.5 and older are inferior to begin with.
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RE: ARs= The Survival of the Weak and Scrawny
The article does not say that superior buck do most of the breeding. What it says is that the bucks saved by ARs are inferior breeders,because on average they are inferior deer, not because they don't do their fair share of the breeding.
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RE: ARs= The Survival of the Weak and Scrawny
There's no mystery males with big horns tend to be larger and produce larger offspring. During the fall rut, or breeding season, these alpha mate more than any other males, by winning fights or thwarting other males' access to their ewe
bb what do you mean
bb what do you mean