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Genetics are too difficult to do much about and technically don't affect your property anyway as fawns born to "your" does will disperse off your property.
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According to a study that someone posted here awhile back , if you shoot the adult does , the young bucks will hang around.
The study showed that adult does will run off the button bucks once they reach a certain age to prevent inbreeding. The same study showed that a huge percentage of those button bucks stayed in the same area when the adult does were killed. Now , I know we need to have a balanced herd , but by shooting the adult does to keep more bucks in the area , wouldn't this cause inbreeding? Maybe the big number of basket racks in his area are a result of inbreeding<img src=icon_smile_question.gif border=0 align=middle> Does this mean we need to be more selective in our doe harvest? Harvesting the 1 1/2 year old does and letting the old mature does do natures thing to prevent inbreeding?