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<blockquote data-quote="Ski" data-source="post: 5551856" data-attributes="member: 20583"><p>I agree. I don't kill small rack young bucks just because I don't think they'll ever become anything special. There are several criteria that qualify a cull on my place, but a young buck having a smaller than normal rack isn't one of them. </p><p></p><p>The whole notion of a "cull" gets an unfair stigma, IMO. Every deer I cull gets eaten and I'm thankful for the bounty. They're not wasted or discarded as less worthy. Of course my main objective is killing trophies, the biggest buck in the area. But for that to be possible I have to prune & groom the bushes so to speak in order to create an environment an old buck wants to be, and that includes killing certain other deer. They're not trophies. They're a means to an end. And since I'm going to kill & eat several deer per year anyway, why not choose them for a dual purpose? Killing them can simultaneously feed my family AND enhance the hunting potential of my property. And since one of the very definitions of "cull" is <em>selective slaughter of wild animals</em>, the term is grammatically correct.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ski, post: 5551856, member: 20583"] I agree. I don't kill small rack young bucks just because I don't think they'll ever become anything special. There are several criteria that qualify a cull on my place, but a young buck having a smaller than normal rack isn't one of them. The whole notion of a "cull" gets an unfair stigma, IMO. Every deer I cull gets eaten and I'm thankful for the bounty. They're not wasted or discarded as less worthy. Of course my main objective is killing trophies, the biggest buck in the area. But for that to be possible I have to prune & groom the bushes so to speak in order to create an environment an old buck wants to be, and that includes killing certain other deer. They're not trophies. They're a means to an end. And since I'm going to kill & eat several deer per year anyway, why not choose them for a dual purpose? Killing them can simultaneously feed my family AND enhance the hunting potential of my property. And since one of the very definitions of "cull" is [I]selective slaughter of wild animals[/I], the term is grammatically correct. [/QUOTE]
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