Cull buck??

[Gravey]

I don't really see anything about him that screams cull. I think tv shows have exacerbated that term and the average hunter isn't accomplishing anything by shooting a true cull. I agree with you that many times it's from an injury or damage while in velvet.

 

[CBU93]

Young buck…needs better late season and spring food sources to optimally express his potential in The coming years.

 

[fairchaser]

In a wild deer herd there is no such thing as a cull buck. First, you don't know if that buck will catch up and express his full potential with a giant rack once he hits 4-5 years old. Secondly if he's a successful breeder the doe is also half the DNA. All of us have seen beautiful daughters come from two homely looking parents. If you just want one less mouth on a marginal landscape then that might be the only reason to take him out of the herd. The king ranch did a study on allowing 10 point bucks to walk and killing 8 point bucks. After several years there were no more 10 pointers than on another property with no selective harvest. If you want to kill him then go ahead but you won't change the genetics of the herd.

 

[mike243]

The word cu!! Is just a lame excuse to shoot a deer imo, folks will look down at you for shooting anything but a trophy buck or a cull buck lol

 

[DeerCamp]

(BOOM)

"Woo hoo, he's pretty young"

- meat eater

Fixed

 

[TX300mag]

I don't shoot cull bucks. I prefer the term "management buck." It applies to the only bucks I manage to kill.

 

[BSK]

I don't shoot cull bucks. I prefer the term "management buck." It applies to the only bucks I manage to kill.

Ha! I like that!

"Culling" bucks to improve local antler genetics has proven - through many research projects - to not work. It is not possible to increase future antler size by removing low-end-for-their-age bucks.

However, in very unique circumstance, there is call for the use of "management bucks." But again, in very unique circumstances most of us do not face.