I was looking at two of the bucks I have shot, and I was wondering about if they could be related. The one on the right was shot in 2009, the one on the left was 2012 same farm. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
It's certainly possible for them to be in the same gene pool. The majority of bucks on my property have split brow tines, leading me to believe they are in the same gene pool.
Well Send some of those bucks up 94! It would be cool to see some more character in our area. A lot of our deer are Typical 8's, as typical as a 9 can get, or typical 10's. Obviously there are some exceptions. A few years about my brother shot a buck that was heavy and not really typical but had a broken G2. About every 5 years we get a freak buck either spotted or shot in our immediate area. I think the genetics of deer is really interesting, it's probably why I want to do some deer breeding if I can afford it in the future.
Gene pool being a pool of bucks from certain area...would only form a reasonable concept that most of the bucks harvested in an area over years and years are going to exhibit similar characteristics....we lack any kind of non-typical gene barring injuries in our area....one small droplet tine and a split brow one year is all we really have had in the form of "non" typical stuff....because it is the same gene pool.
Well I would think as mature bucks get shot others would move in to your area Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
That is the hope...however a lot of times as you harvest mature deer the next most aggressive area buck takes over the area or that sub-dominate buck from a few miles away that lived moved in...but he has the same genes. I cannot wait to see a switch slightly in the "typical" antlers seen in my area...but if not no biggy, antler style is just part of it and not a deciding factor in harvesting for me.
I would like two just have a typical strand and a little messier thread of genes, I don't like super messy bucks but I'll shoot anything big Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Sure could be. The one thing I look at first are the brow tines. We have had a few bucks with very similar characteristics and first and foremost it shows up in the base/brow tine area.
Yes thats what I saw first two, short brow tines aren't that prominent in our area, they usually are 3-4"+ Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I'm also very interested in buck genes along with the antler characteristics they share. So it sure looks like they could be related. I'd venture on a yes; 1. because they're from the same farm, 2. because 3 years isn't very far apart. Tell me something...i've been looking for some nice antler displays like you've got there...where did you get those and how much did they run you?
Haha tell him to send me a set for free!! :p I've been looking all over for a decent looking mount that doesn't cost and arm and leg...I "thought" I find a decent set from wally world...needless to say, my fiancee is furious on how cheap they look (what did I expect from walmart). I could careless, only cost me a couple of dolalrs...i'm only going to look at the rack anways, not the horn mount.
