[quote=49er] [quote] (Bucktrot)
Here's the difference in you and me 49er. I am more concerned with my deer herd's health and well-being more than my desire to pull the trigger.
According to research (as quoted on the AL DNR website) higher Boone and Crockett scores are associated with greater genetic fitness such as a stronger immune system. Since you claim that you are most concerned about the deer herd's health, are you allowing the mature deer with the highest boone and crockett scores to walk on your property while taking those with the lowest scores? Since the antlers of higher scoring bucks are an outward exhibition of the genetic fitness of the buck, it would be best for the health of the herd to leave those higher scoring deer to pass on their superior genes.
Are you really most concerned about the health of the herd?
