Originally Posted by N2TRKYS
Originally Posted by Mbrock
This has nothing to do with deer breeders. You’re talking two different things N2turkeys. I’m talking wild deer.

But while it was brought up, I’ve seen exactly what can be produced in enclosures of nothing but native deer, given birthdays and nutrition. It’s dang unbelievable. AL is limited by less fertile soils and lack of deer age structure, not genetics. All you can influence in the wild is habitat quality and age. Don’t know why ppl get so hung up on genetics. A pen full of superior genetic freaks is of ZERO interest to me. To each their own. Even in the wild in areas with superb habitat the 200” freaks are still not common.


It’s not two different things, because it’s both dealing with genetics. You can’t fight genetics. The MSU study proves that. Although, Mendel had already proven that years ago. Nutrition can cause increases is body and antler size, but it doesn’t turn a deer from Mobile County into a mid West deer if they don’t have the genetics for it.

Your parents could have fed you only the most nutritional foods your whole life, but you were never destined to grow into a 7 footer and play in the NBA.


I agree I’m fortunate to hunt a big private piece of land

It has a genetic make up of tall and narrow buck antlers

Very little pressure and less than one buck killed per thousand acres for the last 30 years

We kill a 140 plus about every 5 years with pretty good hunters

We do see multiple racked bucks on most sits on fields and we kill several mature bucks every
year but a 140 inch deer isn’t common

This is a diverse piece of ground with multiple stages of habitat

About 6000 acres

I will say that the buck doe ratio is real close to 1 to 1 and the rut is strong