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MULE DEER POPULATIONS DECLINING AS MUCH AS 40% IN THE WEST IN THE LAST TWO DECADES. WHERE WILL THEY BE IN THE NEXT 20? BE PART OF THE SOLUTION.
FURTHERING THE SPORT OF HUNTING AND SOUND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

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You show me a fat mom, I’ll show you a MAC DADDY!
Photo by Jason Radakovich
In today’s world, the almighty ‘monster mule deer buck’ is probably the most sought after critter among hunters. Every hunter has their own personal ‘want’ when harvesting a big buck. Whether it be a tall buck, the 30″ spread, the extra points, or the overall B&C Score, a hunter dreams of finding that dream buck for a chance to harvest. The intrigue associated with antlers has been an ever-growing desire in the last 20 years or more. The Wyoming winter ranges have gained huge popularity by sportsmen and photographers for finding the big boy that made it through hunting season and is now in a viewable area.

Today it is also more than showcasing him on the wall for your buddies to see, it is sharing on social media and/or in a ever popular hunting magazine for bragging rights. Although there is nothing necessarily wrong with this, most folks are misinformed on how that buck gets to be the King of the Mule Deer World.
Muley Crazy Magazine, one of many publications that share a hunter’s mule deer photos and story submitted by the hunter themselves.
All the genetics in the world won’t get you a
Mac Daddy unless you got a FAT MOM
We Need More FAT MOMS

Collaborative research by Dr. Kevin Monteith—leader of the Monteith Shop at the University of Wyoming—has demonstrated very clearly, the pervasive and powerful role of nutrition in producing large bucks (Monteith et al. 2009; Journal of Mammalogy). Using a ‘common garden’ experiment, they raised animals in an identical environment and in this instance, with superior nutrition. After 1 generation following improved nutrition, they observed increases in body mass and antler size of male white-tailed deer of ~30%. Even though fathers were raised on an identical, high-quality diet, their male offspring grew 31” larger antlers and were 51 lbs heavier at 6 years of age. The only difference between the fathers and sons in this experiment was that the fathers were born to mothers on a poor nutritional regime. Therefore, the large increase in body and antler size occurred merely because of an improvement in mom’s diet and thus, how fat she was. A mother’s nutrition during gestation can set the trajectory of growth for her offspring that will persist through their lifetime. Fat moms can offer their developing young the ‘silver spoon’, which can set them on a path of rapid growth to large sizes later in life—a skinny mom, to secure her own survival, will withhold the ‘silver spoon’ which can lead to small young with slow growth that persists through adulthood even if conditions improve for her offspring in later years.
So in general terms, genetics certainly plays an important role in affecting size and conformation of a male mule deer’s antlers—and, even mom makes a genetic contribution to her son’s size. Nevertheless, nutrition and in particular, mom’s nutrition, is a deal breaker. Without adequate nutrition and the ability for mom to appropriately provision her offspring, a growing male may never have the opportunity to express his full potential. It truly, is all about the groceries that his mother eats and the nutritional legacy she passes to her unborn male during pregnancy.
So next time you look at a monster muley on the hoof or in a magazine, or are admiring the great buck you were fortunate to harvest, rather than repeating the classic mantra of “Man that buck has great genetics”, you might initiate a valuable conversation with your friends by saying instead,  “Boy that buck must’ve had a FAT MOM!”

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