Originally Posted by Cornelius08

"Not exactly,"

Yes exactly.

"what was predicted was a higher percentage of 2.5+ bucks would be available to do the breeding. That has happened. More of the bucks available to breed are 2.5+. That doesnt mean that 1.5 bucks dont still breed."

What was predicted was EXACTLY what I said, and I didnt bring it up to debate it, cause its not even debatable.

"As for the rest of it, AR coupled with HR was supposed to increase competition. That doesnt mean the 1.5 bucks go quietly back to eatin acorns! "

Not what I said. It also wasnt "my" theory.

"They still chase seek and do all the other stuff rutting bucks do. Just because they don't all get to actually breed doesnt mean they would not try and to think that they would stop chasing and get fat is about as childish and naive a notion as ever I've heard."

Then you agree pgc is full of **it yet again? because that was their conclusion, not mine. And i agree completely that indeed they were full of it.

"You may have gone whimpering back to the potato chip bag when you got rejected for a better guy but in the deer world, the wimps don't give up and get fat, they simply tag along and wait for their chance."

Dont know why you are explaining it to me. I made it very clear that pgc stated this and I too thought even then that they were full of **it. and it wasn that yearlings were never gonna do any breeding at all or going through some of the motions. Just that they would be decreased significantly. I buy that to a degree. But not in our situation where the only increases are to the percentage of 2.5 year olds and VERY little to the older buck, and most 2.5's are harvested, so really a nonissue here anyway.