ORIGINAL: bluebird2
Now take that little fact into consideration and rememvber that part of PA's planto harvest more does before the rut begins to make more sense. Less does available by rut time means a larger percentage gets bred in their first estrous cycle helpingto cause less late births.
That is a mighty fine theory , but the PA deer proved it did not apply to PA. Even though the herd has been reduced by over 30% and we have had ARs since 2002, Dr. Rosenberry stated there has been no significant change in the breeding period.
Also, letting some bucks live through the concurrent gun season , provides breeding bucks for this years doe fawns who will attain the body necessary weight and come into estrous in mid December. Prior to AR's a doe coming into estrous after the buck season was hard pressed to find a buck to breed her.
That isn't even close to being true. There were always enough buck carried over to breed the few numbers of fawns that came into estrus after the buck season. ARs protect the highest percentage of buck in areas like 2G and fawn breeding rates are still some of the worst in the state.
You have twisted my point. the point is that high grading is not the problem you claim because 1.5 year old spikes are no necessarily genetically inferior just as 1.5 year old 8 points are not necessarily demonstrating superior genes. The theory of AR's causing high grading isjunk science with only one member of the wildlife biology community giving it any relevance and his research has been proven to be flawed bythe sound principles as publishedby Dr Kroll.
You also have shown no evidence that "there were always enough bucks carried over to breed the few number of fawns that came into strus after thebuck season" Using 2G for your example is especially ludicrous because doe fawns canonly come into estrous in their first year after attaining a bodyweight of approximately 80 pounds. Age in months of a female fawn is not relevant in this issue, body mass is the relevant factor and 2G is the WMU least likely to have doe fawns reach that weight in their first year.