Genetics conundrum...
I was sitting here watching some show on TV, I think was Journal of the American Trophy Hunters Association. Anyway, they were out hunting, and a buck came in, decent 8-pointer, pretty good mass, but old, you could tell. Well, at 5 1/2 he was a great 10 pointer, like 165", but no one could get him on the ground, and they figure he is bow 7 1/2-8 1/2 at this point. The guy who is employed by the ranch says "Well, we need to get him out of the gene pool."
It got me thinking,if the deer at 5 1/2 is a real nice 10-point, then his genes are for that kind of rack, right? Then, why at 7-8 years old, does that deer then need to killed. Seems like he would still be passing out his same genes, and still be able to produce good bucks from his seeds? Am I way off here, or anyone have similar questions.