#1. On what basis did you determine that "inferior bucks" are the results of AR's??
Inferior bucks are not the result of ARs, they are the bucks that are protected by ARs. After over 10 years of ARs in Miss. , the average rack sizes of 2.5+ buck decrease instead of increasing Dr. Kroll's research showed that spike bucks were inferior for the rate of antler development.
2. Where did you read that "AR's did not produce any change in the breeding window and breeding rates decreased by 5%."? More importantly...Assuming that was true, why should you have expected a positive expected rate of causation between AR's being implemented and increase breeding rates completely irrespective of all other population variables...
The data was posted in the 2007 AWR on the pGC website. Population variables should not effect breeding rates if an increase in the percentage of older buck in the herd was supposed to increase breeding rates and productivity. Breeding rates are based on the percentage of does that are bred , not on the number of does that are bred, so the size of the herd is irrelevant.