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Old 12-26-2009 | 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by J Pike
glew thats not entirely true!! Bermans Rule only pertains to the size of their bodies not their antlers. For example southern OH. grows bucks with larger antlers on average than in states like ME., MI.,,NY.MN and canadien prov's such as Ontario, Quebec etc. even though they all have the same sub-species of whitetail with the same genetic potential. Pike
Well of course you're going to see regional variation due to nutrition, I should have mentioned that. However, a standard rule of thumb for deer and other antlered ungulates is, the bigger the body, the bigger the antlers; and within species, the firther north you go, the bigger their bodies get.
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