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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5718375" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>I suspect most of the entities willing to pay you are looking at producing large-antlered bucks as a major goal?</p><p></p><p></p><p>I would add, they also "look" larger antlered than their realities simply because their bodies generally don't reach their full skeletal frame until closer to 4 1/2. With a typical 2 1/2-yr-old buck, a 115-class rack may "look" like it has to score 140, simply because we hunters tend to use the relative size of the buck's body to his antlers in field guessing the size of those antlers.</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong><em>PREACH ON, BROTHER!!!</em></strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>Assuming all the parameters are good, agree, no harm in taking some of these out before they mature. These can be great targets for youth & novice hunters.</p><p></p><p>The way you're doing this, I agree with you.</p><p>But the way many hunters take the ideals of it being ok to kill all the "management" bucks, then the risk is too many bucks get falsely labeled as "cull" bucks (as an excuse to shoot them when they otherwise don't measure up to a pre-stated criteria).</p><p></p><p>When speaking with other hunters, I generally avoid ever using the term "cull" or "management" buck. It can cause an over-harvest of bucks, and actually contribute to high-grading, since the largest cohort of bucks is usually the yearlings, many of which get erroneously labeled as "cull" bucks.</p><p></p><p>This is why most super-large, highly-managed ranches in Texas often wait until a buck is 4 1/2 or older before labeling him a "management" buck?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5718375, member: 1409"] I suspect most of the entities willing to pay you are looking at producing large-antlered bucks as a major goal? I would add, they also "look" larger antlered than their realities simply because their bodies generally don't reach their full skeletal frame until closer to 4 1/2. With a typical 2 1/2-yr-old buck, a 115-class rack may "look" like it has to score 140, simply because we hunters tend to use the relative size of the buck's body to his antlers in field guessing the size of those antlers. [B][I]PREACH ON, BROTHER!!![/I][/B] Assuming all the parameters are good, agree, no harm in taking some of these out before they mature. These can be great targets for youth & novice hunters. The way you're doing this, I agree with you. But the way many hunters take the ideals of it being ok to kill all the "management" bucks, then the risk is too many bucks get falsely labeled as "cull" bucks (as an excuse to shoot them when they otherwise don't measure up to a pre-stated criteria). When speaking with other hunters, I generally avoid ever using the term "cull" or "management" buck. It can cause an over-harvest of bucks, and actually contribute to high-grading, since the largest cohort of bucks is usually the yearlings, many of which get erroneously labeled as "cull" bucks. This is why most super-large, highly-managed ranches in Texas often wait until a buck is 4 1/2 or older before labeling him a "management" buck? [/QUOTE]
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