PA hunting
01-14-2009, 03:39 AM
#172
Nontypical Buck
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RE: PA hunting
The fact still remains that weight of the sampling shifted between WMU's
01-14-2009, 03:59 AM
#173
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RE: PA hunting
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Are you calling 1.5 yo doe "young"? I do not believe that 1.5 doe have a problem being timely bred.
Young does often cycle into estrous later resulting in late born fawns with lower survival rates.
http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/pgc/lib/p...e/21001-05.pdf
It is clear that the 2.5 doe are more productive than the 1.5 doe.
01-14-2009, 05:17 AM
#175
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RE: PA hunting
No one said that they did. So, what is your point? I was discussing the percent that were bred rather than when they were bred.
BTW, your post on the on the other MB, about the B/D ratio, looked like I wrote it.
BTW, your post on the on the other MB, about the B/D ratio, looked like I wrote it.
01-14-2009, 05:29 AM
#177
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RE: PA hunting
Where does it break down the perentage that were bred?I see where it breaks down the number of embyoes/doe.It's never been a secret that older does produce more fawns or that those fawns have a higher rate of survival.
By the way,as usual,I was right and cornelius was wrong.He stated earlier that the conceprion rate for fawns was not an indicator used to herd health.It clearly states in that report that it is.It also clearly states that 2A the fawns in 2A had one of the worst reproductive rates in the state.
By the way,as usual,I was right and cornelius was wrong.He stated earlier that the conceprion rate for fawns was not an indicator used to herd health.It clearly states in that report that it is.It also clearly states that 2A the fawns in 2A had one of the worst reproductive rates in the state.
01-14-2009, 06:36 AM
#178
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RE: PA hunting
livbucks made a comment about it.
Where does it break down the perentage that were bred?I see where it breaks down the number of embyoes/doe.It's never been a secret that older does produce more fawns or that those fawns have a higher rate of survival
It doesn't break down the percentage that were bred, but it is fact that 1.5 doe have both lower breeding rates and productivity than older doe. Also, lower breeding for 1.5 doe would result in a lower average embryos/doe for the doe that were checked.
It also clearly states that 2A the fawns in 2A had one of the worst reproductive rates in the stat
But, the PGC still rated 2A as being at its target goal for herd health, because fawn breeding rates are not give n a lot of weight in determining herd health. In 3B only 3% of the fawns were bred and it was still rated at the target goal.