They have management bucks because they haven't shot those genes out but they are working toward it as best they can.
It doesn't mater if it is inherited 50/50 or some other ratio. I'm not saying how big of an impact you will have...I am just saying that you will have an impact.
How did we breed hogs to be fatter when we didn't know the swine genome. We bred fat hogs to fat hogs. Maybe some of the fat hogs were fat because of better feed instead of genetics but over time the genetics still change. Later leaner hogs were more desirable and the trend went back the other way.
By killing deer with a certain heritable trait, you aren't eradicating the trait, you are reducing it's incidence.
in captivity that is possible, in the wild not so much
pen deer are becoming more and more streamlined genetically, breeder does are considered top priority in breeding programs, does contribute MORE genetically than bucks
some bucks never produce offspring that even come close to their own antlers (30-30 comes to mind) while others produce much better than their own antlers
so until we can figure out those wild cull does, guess we're screwed
There are studies out there that prove this and QDMA had published some in their Magazine.
1 very wealthy landowner in particular, had 2 rather large parcels of land, 1 under fence in TX and 1 parcel free range in the midwest. After 10 years of exhaustive culling, the deer herd still produced so called cull bucks.
Certain areas I'd bet produce more so called culls than other areas, maybe 1 day scientist will figure it out. Probably has something to do with soil.
The King Ranch still has cull bucks, those big operations callem culls for some strange reason, those culls are the financial backbone of those large ranches.
