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The wild bucks would kill them the first night without the antlers.
I agree with the doe release. You could most likely arrange for the does to be bred with a much better buck than one that is planned to be released, at the same time through doe harvest, try to remove all does of the family group(s) in the area you plan to release. Once hunting season is over then soft release the bred does in groups of five in those areas. Those five does should have previously ben penned together long enough to establish a bond and with no or few resident does, they should stay within that home range produce fawns and have their yearling bucks disperse. It's true bucks will range a lot farther and could spread seed farther, research has shown individual bucks father relatively few fawns each year even if they are dominant.
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There has been plenty of does released. The announcement is for the news!
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crocket said:
You don't want them running away. They need to be kicking butt and breeding!
If you turn a new deer out with horns he will be defenseless. I have my doubts that he would survive.
Well they made it illegal now. ADCNR put an emergency moratorium on releasing "their" into the wild. We can still release in enclosures. I think this is the first step in private ownership of our deer. I hope our state organizations step up, I know one will!
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I figured that was going to happen......it sounded to good to be true....
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I got the same email from the state other day saying it was now a do not release to the wild in Alabama u just never know what the state will do now
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