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<blockquote data-quote="Ski" data-source="post: 5790081" data-attributes="member: 20583"><p>Now you've done it. You may as well have said Beetlejuice three times. </p><p><img src="https://media1.giphy.com/media/P1HmB7u6twPPZkE3Vw/200.gif" alt="Tim Burton Yes GIF by Freeform" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p></p><p>In all seriousness, I think a cull is just that, an underachieving MATURE buck. It's not a trophy. It's not the animal you're trying to manage your property for. You've given it all the life it needs to express what it can be, and trophy antlers it is not. But it is a big adult deer taking up space and resources that a more promising buck could be using. So he's a cull. </p><p></p><p>The only problem I have with people killing "cull" bucks is that they use that word as an excuse to kill younger bucks. There's absolutely nothing wrong with killing a young buck but own it and be happy with it. Don't minimize & dismiss it as a cull, because that's not what it is. It's buck you wanted to kill or else you wouldn't have pulled the trigger. Own it. </p><p></p><p>On the same token, there's nothing wrong with killing an actual cull and calling it that. I kill one every now & then and am thrilled with it. I enjoy the hunt. I enjoy the challenge. I enjoy the meat. And I enjoy the antlers. Every cull I've ever killed gets hung with the other old bucks I've killed or I use the antlers in some sort of craft. More than one thing can be true at the same time. It's not a this or that world and nobody is ever going to put me in that position. I want it all so I get it all. That's the beauty of hunting. So long as we stay within the confines of the law we are free to set our own standards and it's nobody else's business.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ski, post: 5790081, member: 20583"] Now you've done it. You may as well have said Beetlejuice three times. [IMG alt="Tim Burton Yes GIF by Freeform"]https://media1.giphy.com/media/P1HmB7u6twPPZkE3Vw/200.gif[/IMG] In all seriousness, I think a cull is just that, an underachieving MATURE buck. It's not a trophy. It's not the animal you're trying to manage your property for. You've given it all the life it needs to express what it can be, and trophy antlers it is not. But it is a big adult deer taking up space and resources that a more promising buck could be using. So he's a cull. The only problem I have with people killing "cull" bucks is that they use that word as an excuse to kill younger bucks. There's absolutely nothing wrong with killing a young buck but own it and be happy with it. Don't minimize & dismiss it as a cull, because that's not what it is. It's buck you wanted to kill or else you wouldn't have pulled the trigger. Own it. On the same token, there's nothing wrong with killing an actual cull and calling it that. I kill one every now & then and am thrilled with it. I enjoy the hunt. I enjoy the challenge. I enjoy the meat. And I enjoy the antlers. Every cull I've ever killed gets hung with the other old bucks I've killed or I use the antlers in some sort of craft. More than one thing can be true at the same time. It's not a this or that world and nobody is ever going to put me in that position. I want it all so I get it all. That's the beauty of hunting. So long as we stay within the confines of the law we are free to set our own standards and it's nobody else's business. [/QUOTE]
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