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Wildlife Investments · July 15 · 56 min

Wild Deer Culling Research pt.1 - The King Ranch Study

Long debated in deer hunting stories, the subject of wild deer culling for genetic improvement is a debate that never dies, but there is a lot of sound research that has examined this question. This is the first of a three part series reviewing the results of genetic culling research. On this episode we're joined by Dr. Mickey Hellickson to discuss foundational deer culling research that he helped lead on the famous King Ranch looking at genetic culling via hunting in a free-range setting. The full study can be found below https://wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1002/wmon.70013 Send us Fan Mail

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Long debated in deer hunting stories, the subject of wild deer culling for genetic improvement is a debate that never dies, but there is a lot of sound research that has examined this question. This is the first of a three part series reviewing the results of genetic culling research. On this episode we're joined by Dr. Mickey Hellickson to discuss foundational deer culling research that he helped lead on the famous King Ranch looking at genetic culling via hunting in a free-range setting.

 The full study can be found below

https://wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1002/wmon.70013

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