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<blockquote data-quote="Andy S." data-source="post: 5658154" data-attributes="member: 131"><p>I do this year in and year out, but I do not think I "alone" make much of a difference in the free range herd in my area. Why? Because I know most of the neighbors do not subscribe to this approach. It's their land, they can do as they please.</p><p></p><p>IMO, most TN "buck" hunters <u>who have the desire to kill a buck each season</u> are going to shoot top end bucks from each cohort (<em>2.5s, 3.5s, etc</em>). Not all hunters, but most. Essentially, they are going to hunt X number of days and shoot at the first "good buck" they see. Many times, that first good buck is the careless rutting 2.5/3.5 year old buck with <u>above average</u> headgear that loves to roam daylight hours in November.</p><p></p><p>I have hunted in hardcore QDM/TDM clubs and "it's brown it's down" clubs, and <u>the majority of TN deer hunters who must kill a buck annually high grade the standing crop of bucks that are on the landscape</u>. No two ways about it, they are focused on shooting the best antlers per age class, thus leaving the underperformers to live, breed, fight and pass on their genetics in out years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy S., post: 5658154, member: 131"] I do this year in and year out, but I do not think I "alone" make much of a difference in the free range herd in my area. Why? Because I know most of the neighbors do not subscribe to this approach. It's their land, they can do as they please. IMO, most TN "buck" hunters [U]who have the desire to kill a buck each season[/U] are going to shoot top end bucks from each cohort ([I]2.5s, 3.5s, etc[/I]). Not all hunters, but most. Essentially, they are going to hunt X number of days and shoot at the first "good buck" they see. Many times, that first good buck is the careless rutting 2.5/3.5 year old buck with [U]above average[/U] headgear that loves to roam daylight hours in November. I have hunted in hardcore QDM/TDM clubs and "it's brown it's down" clubs, and [U]the majority of TN deer hunters who must kill a buck annually high grade the standing crop of bucks that are on the landscape[/U]. No two ways about it, they are focused on shooting the best antlers per age class, thus leaving the underperformers to live, breed, fight and pass on their genetics in out years. [/QUOTE]
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