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IT is the practice among stalkers in the deer forests of Scotland to shoot a certain proportion of the hinds each year after the stag-shooting season has finished. So far as possible the hinds chosen are those called ‘yeld’ or dry hinds. A ‘yeld’ or dry hind is one which did not have a calf during the preceding season. It may either never have had a calf or may have missed a season. Consequently the ‘yeld’ hinds have no calf following them. They are almost always pregnant at the time they are shot.
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DAVIES, G. An Unusual Sex-Ratio in Red Deer. Nature 127, 94 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/127094a0
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