ORIGINAL: brucelanthier
ORIGINAL: GregH
I guess I wasn't clear.......... It may not be bad for young bucks to breed. What I meant to say was ALL bucks will breed, even the inferior ones. The closer you get to a 1/1 ratio, the strongest, most fit and desirable bucks will do most of the breeding. The doe, when given the chance will try to hold out for a super specimen to breed with rather than take Pee Wee Herman because he's all she's got! Sort of like people.[:-]
Last night on Quality Whitetails TV (QDMA) they said that that was what they originally thought but after research that included DNA testing they found that it wasn't true. Even in a herd with a good ratio all the bucks get in on the breeding, more or less equally. They even said that the majority twins and triplets that the does were carrying didn't even have the same sire.
You could be right (I know it's possible about the multiple sires), but it's just not what I'm seeing with my own two eyes.
All the bucks in my area, especially the 1 1/2s do not get in equally on the breeding. Actually, 2 1/2s rarely get to breed. Mostly it's done by the 3 1/2s and older. My area has a good buck/doe ratio.