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Post by Woody Williams on Oct 23, 2005 7:45:30 GMT -5
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Post by drs on Oct 23, 2005 8:29:09 GMT -5
Interesting article. Reminds me of the time, when I was attending Murray State, when in a Wildlife Biology class, I was taking, we captured nine Fallow Deer for studies at LBL. We used a "Cannon Net" and shelled corn as bait to capture them. We first tranquilized them, by injection, blindfolded them, and did some studies plus ear tagged them. Most of the Fallow Deer were Doe and a few Button Bucks.
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Post by cday on Oct 23, 2005 10:02:05 GMT -5
I believe when you start to see spikes it has more to do with too many deer especially does in a area. Most spikes are late born buck fawns which have had shorter growing time. In my opinion when you start seeing these spikes don't shoot them but shoot more does.
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Post by kevin1 on Oct 23, 2005 10:23:53 GMT -5
Just more kneeling at the trophy wannabes altar .
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Post by splash on Oct 23, 2005 11:58:35 GMT -5
What is the point of this article? Sounds like “Antler Obsession” to me.
I would agree that the more balanced the deer herd the less spikes would be seen.
On my property we have self imposed an antler point restriction of at least 4 on one side for bow hunting and 3 on one side for gun hunting. Therefore we are shooting more does and fewer bucks.
Our goal is not necessarily larger bucks but more enjoyable hunting. We believe that if we reduce the buck doe ratio the “rut” will be stronger and the hunting will be even more enjoyable. Nicer deer will be a by-product of this endeavor. My property is in MI, not Indiana.
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Post by cambygsp on Oct 23, 2005 12:07:21 GMT -5
Splash,
I hope you have a very large tract of land, because if you don't have the females on your property, the bucks will leave to go find them.
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