Originally Posted by
Steve863
NO, this cannot be true. Makes absolutely NO difference how old a buck is when he breeds. A buck at 1.5 will pass exactly the same genetics on as he would when he is 2.5 or 3.5. Just as a human father would pass his same genetics on whether he fathers a child at 19 or at 40. Alt was making up "trophy hunter" biological theory here.
I would have to dis agree with that. Genes develop and breaks down through life. Take an 80 yr old bald crippled wrinkled old man for example. His genetics has broken down and his genes would not be the same as if he was a 22 old young man.
Also if this was the case as you said, Why do breeders wait for their bucks to age before they breed them? To get bigger bucks and alter their genes with suppliments.