Western wildlife agency elk and deer managers should read this article. For 40 years, culling, the removal of “inferior” bucks from deer herds, has been a bedrock principle and practice in Texas deer “management.” […]
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Managing for Better Habitat Works. Culling Doesn’t.
For decades now, state agencies, universities and wildlife managers have urged culling of so-called “inferior” bucks from herds in order to improve genetics and produce bigger trophies. Since the early 1970s, belief in the effectiveness […]
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The Culling of Wild Deer Based on Antler Size Is Inefficient – at Best
As it turns out, a central practice of deer ‘management’ – the culling of so-called management deer based on their antler size – is somewhere between worthless and outright damaging to wild deer herd genetics […]
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