Re: Hunting WARNING - OPINION FOLLOWS

["Celia Krall" <celiak@pcrs.net>]

Thank you.  Same for elk herds.  If the hunters want to preserve their
sport, these are the lines they should be thinking along.  I read something
recently about the older bucks and bulls having "better sperm" than the
younger bucks and bulls.  Can't remember the specific genetic stuff, but
the gist of the thing was that killing off the older "prize" guys really is
bad for the herds - weakens them.  Survival of the fittest and all. 

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> From: Lif Strand <fasterhorses@gilanet.com>
> To: AERC <ridecamp@endurance.net>
> Subject: RC:   Hunting WARNING - OPINION FOLLOWS
> Date: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 9:36 AM
> 
> WARNING - OPINION FOLLOWS - DELETE IF YOU GET OFFENDED EASILY OR CAN'T
> RESPOND WITHOUT FLAMING!!
> 
> DISCLAIMER - The following is my opinion - if you don't like it, you can
> stick it ... in your trash folder.
> 
> Hunters who want to help control deer population should not go out and
> get a trophy buck.  You can kill all the trophy bucks you want, but if
> there's just one mongrel buck left to breed, you'll have exactly the
> same number (or more) of deer next year - my theory here is that less
> bucks = more feed, the one buck left still breeds all the does, who then
> have twins because there's more feed.
> 
> Therefore, forget the trophy animals.  Go for the does if you're worried
> about the deer population, and let's not pretend that trophy hunters are
> helping the deer population in any way (taking the most prime specimens
> and leaving the worst to breed.... goes against all understanding of
> good herd maintenance anyway).  Lif
> 
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