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Originally Posted by Feesherman
That's not good herd management. Shouldn't kill any 1.5 year olds if you are trying to manage a herd for quality bucks. It's been proven that 1.5 year old spikes can and will be 8 or 10 point deer at 2.5. Point restrictions isn't good herd management but since no one knows how to age deer on the hoof it's the next best thing. Besides, doe genetics have as much to do with good bucks as the buck's genes do, so in the end, it's really a crap shoot.
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haven't seen that data.
Tex Dept of wildlife used data from aTm, Kerr wildlife and LSU ag and says otherwise.
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publicat...w7000_0247.pdf