Hey PT....I think you raise a good question.

In areas where the deer herd IS in fairly good balance.....the consensus (from what I've read) is to take the younger (yearling) does, when working on thinning doe deer. The reason stated is.....they will produce INFERIOR offspring....but I THINK this has more to do with the doe being an inferior breeder than it does with the buck being an inferior sperm donor.

I, too, would like to hear some more on this. Is a 1.5 yr old buck less desireable as a breeder @ 1.5 than he would be @ 2.5? Are genetics "age sensitive"?

Interesting.....