[b][/b]One of the main points that Alt made for AR and herd reduction was the health of the herd. His quote was something to the effect of "too many does getting bred by the small bucks that would not get to breed if there were more mature bucks and less does. That was the man himself saying that the small bucks doing the breeding is not a good thing. You are right in that the wild is not as concentrated as in a farm environment but the effect is the same, just not as pronounced. Will you say that killing the best animals and leaving the rest to breed would have NO effect over many years. We are already at about 10. Would you say that some of these spikes and forkhorns are never getting big, will breed for years,and will pass some of those genes on. It is the wild but the whole plan is to manipulate the herd.
Parents who say they have good kids..Usually don't!
