Most places - a problem like this is nutrition - not "bad genetics" usually.

If your area is like a lot of others in the south - then you have a lot of deer.Add to a high deer population, a couple droughty years in a row - and you have a stressed deer herd. High deer densities can lead to all kinds of problems, but usually genetics are the last to actually effect a herd's antler genetic makeup. Probably your best course of action is to take as many does as possible - and hope for some rain in 2008!

Not everyone will agree with me - trying to convince people of this is sometimes hard to do. You get 20" of Rain this summer - and that "3 point" will probably be an 8 point come fall.

FH