I don't doubt that one you thin them out others will move in, how quickly I would think depends on how over crowded they are in the surrounding area. The one thing for sure is the ones that were taken out wont be moving anywhere, I think its a problem that we will have to realize that is continuous,. While I dont have a huge problem I am starting to see a couple really regularly on my game cameras, and coincidentally, at the same time, my turkey pictures have diminished tremendously as did deer pictures, not thinking that they killed them or anything but more just moved on from being harassed. not unlike a neighbors pair of dogs starting to ramble thru the woods a few yrs back, wildlife just doesn't take to it.
That is a nice set of 8 pointers that drowned it looks like, look very similar it seems, I bet they were from the same bloodlines.
All the really good ideas I've ever had came to me while I was milking a cow.
