baguio
Well-Known Member
To be honest Sharkey, I haven't got a clue what you're going on about, "CITIES 1", "red book"? Not sure that what you're talking about is going to make much sense in 3 or 4 lines. It's clearly a books worth of data that requires reading."Youngsters about". What sired them? Last I looked, deer didn't practice monogamy. You seriously don't think your issue is due to one infertile buck?
As for records & monitoring? Deer such as Persian fallow are a CITIES 1 animal & have their own "red book". I think we have a wee bit of idea about fecundity & recruitment in deer, (not just Messo's but they are a good example). Now that more Persian's are being released back into their indigenous range we are also getting some interesting insights into dispersal & dispersal rates for this species.
Can you name another wild animal which has had more research papers published on them than deer?
Sharkey
I agree however after reading this thread (and thinking about it in daylight) that it isn't purely or even possibly any fault of the buck (although I would still take him out after 4 years, as I said at the start). I would also take out the does without followers (as I said at the start too!)
Baguio
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