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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 5500203" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>I suspect anyone reading this forum has read the discussions on "culling" enough to realize it does nothing to improve the antler quality of the local population, and if done wrong, can be counterproductive.</p><p></p><p><strong><em>However</em></strong>, on large-acreage properties being managed for top-end antlers, "management bucks" serve a purpose. They provide harvest opportunities where target animals may be very few and far between. Some hunters don't mind that kind of challenge - a group of hunters all competing for one or two top-end bucks. But the vast majority of hunters - despite what they think until they've tried it - won't find that kind of hunting appealing for long. Management bucks provide harvest opportunities to keep hunters hunting and give them an opportunity for harvest where few exist. Of course, solid science has to be used to determine what is a local management buck. Management bucks shouldn't make up a significant portion of the middle-aged cohorts. Often it is just 3-5 bucks with very, VERY low odds of ever becoming a true target animal at maturity.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 5500203, member: 17"] I suspect anyone reading this forum has read the discussions on "culling" enough to realize it does nothing to improve the antler quality of the local population, and if done wrong, can be counterproductive. [B][I]However[/I][/B], on large-acreage properties being managed for top-end antlers, "management bucks" serve a purpose. They provide harvest opportunities where target animals may be very few and far between. Some hunters don't mind that kind of challenge - a group of hunters all competing for one or two top-end bucks. But the vast majority of hunters - despite what they think until they've tried it - won't find that kind of hunting appealing for long. Management bucks provide harvest opportunities to keep hunters hunting and give them an opportunity for harvest where few exist. Of course, solid science has to be used to determine what is a local management buck. Management bucks shouldn't make up a significant portion of the middle-aged cohorts. Often it is just 3-5 bucks with very, VERY low odds of ever becoming a true target animal at maturity. [/QUOTE]
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