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Originally Posted by walking buffalo
Back on post #140, I provided links to several alberta sheep studies, including the actual paper by David Coltman that SG linked above.
This paper alluded that there may be an influence by hunter harvest reducing ram horn size. As a repost, here is the actual study. http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/facul...pdf/BE2004.pdf
SG, the 'good read' you suggest has been refuted in several studies supported by NWSGC and FNAWS. Again, a repost from #140. http://media.nwsgc.org/proceedings/N...rt%20FINAL.pdf
Your 'good read' is considered by many biologist to include an anti-hunting aganda. Are you suggesting that NWSGC and FNAWS are wrong in disagreeing with your suggestion of a good read?
Remember, biologists are human, with all associated habits. Let's not take all scientific research as absolute. |
Your second link you have posted has been brought up many times and may be true about base mesurment on a few southern rams and says that this is due to the chinook belt which gives greater feed and nutrition. Well if this was the actual reason then why does the south produce on average lower scoring rams. If these rams have extra to put into bases why do they not put it into the rest of the horn?
As far as the article being pro hunting or anti hunting is a guess. If its anti then discount it, if its accurate then its a good read.