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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5499241" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>Another "in theory" makes sense; in reality, may be counter-productive.</p><p></p><p>First, how much time does a particular below averaged antlered buck actually spend on "your" property? In most cases across TN, it will be a minority of that deer's annual time. This means he's spending more of his time on other people's property, and usually where deer are being hunted by lots of other people.</p><p></p><p>In reality, often, when we "cull" a young buck appearing to have below average antlers, we then instead just cause a better buck to be killed on the adjoining property. Now, two bucks have died instead of one. I'd just prefer someone on that adjoining property to maybe kill the "cull" buck instead of something better. But they don't have that opportunity, if you "cull" it.</p><p></p><p>Secondly, many young bucks get erroneously labeled as "culls", when their antler genetics are actually above average (but just need another year or two to "express" more of their potential).</p><p></p><p>In many cases across TN, the difference in food resources due to a few "cull" bucks being allowed to live, is negligible. Might make more sense to shoot a few does if your food resources are low?</p><p></p><p>Things are different if we were talking about deer management on a 50,000 acre ranch in Texas, where most bucks never leave the property, and food sources are scarce. Same can be said for any area where deer are enclosed by a fence and not "free" range, but that's not the situation of most TN deer hunter-managers.</p><p></p><p></p><p>But, by <em>NOT</em> "culling" them on your property, you de facto "give" this list to your neighbors,</p><p>likely saving the lives of some of your better bucks.</p><p>Give neighboring <strong><u>hunters more bucks to target,</u></strong> and more of your better bucks will survive?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5499241, member: 1409"] Another "in theory" makes sense; in reality, may be counter-productive. First, how much time does a particular below averaged antlered buck actually spend on "your" property? In most cases across TN, it will be a minority of that deer's annual time. This means he's spending more of his time on other people's property, and usually where deer are being hunted by lots of other people. In reality, often, when we "cull" a young buck appearing to have below average antlers, we then instead just cause a better buck to be killed on the adjoining property. Now, two bucks have died instead of one. I'd just prefer someone on that adjoining property to maybe kill the "cull" buck instead of something better. But they don't have that opportunity, if you "cull" it. Secondly, many young bucks get erroneously labeled as "culls", when their antler genetics are actually above average (but just need another year or two to "express" more of their potential). In many cases across TN, the difference in food resources due to a few "cull" bucks being allowed to live, is negligible. Might make more sense to shoot a few does if your food resources are low? Things are different if we were talking about deer management on a 50,000 acre ranch in Texas, where most bucks never leave the property, and food sources are scarce. Same can be said for any area where deer are enclosed by a fence and not "free" range, but that's not the situation of most TN deer hunter-managers. But, by [I]NOT[/I] "culling" them on your property, you de facto "give" this list to your neighbors, likely saving the lives of some of your better bucks. Give neighboring [B][U]hunters more bucks to target,[/U][/B] and more of your better bucks will survive? [/QUOTE]
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