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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 5718593" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>Most yes, especially the clubs. Some single-family properties just want to manage for family fun/entertainment and aren't as worried about trophies. They just want to produce the healthiest, most fun-to-hunt herd possible.</p><p></p><p></p><p>This. An above average 2 1/2 can look huge out in the field because of his small body size.</p><p></p><p></p><p>And that's why, if he's not on my official "management buck" list, he isn't a management buck. Too easy to shoot any below-average buck and call it a management/cull buck.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Two reasons really. In Texas, mature bucks are much more visible during daylight. They are frequently seen by hunters due to the habitat and harvest rules, so they are a bit easier to harvest. Second, bucks can live to very advanced ages in certain terrain/habitat conditions. In those situations, bucks may be living to 6, 7, or even 8 years of age. If that is the case, waiting until 4 1/2 is a sound practice. However, in areas with very limited visibility - like ridge-and-hollow hardwoods - and where bucks DON'T live to advanced ages due to habitat and rut stress, allowing hunters to take management bucks at 3 1/2 (when they are more harvestable) makes sense.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 5718593, member: 17"] Most yes, especially the clubs. Some single-family properties just want to manage for family fun/entertainment and aren't as worried about trophies. They just want to produce the healthiest, most fun-to-hunt herd possible. This. An above average 2 1/2 can look huge out in the field because of his small body size. And that's why, if he's not on my official "management buck" list, he isn't a management buck. Too easy to shoot any below-average buck and call it a management/cull buck. Two reasons really. In Texas, mature bucks are much more visible during daylight. They are frequently seen by hunters due to the habitat and harvest rules, so they are a bit easier to harvest. Second, bucks can live to very advanced ages in certain terrain/habitat conditions. In those situations, bucks may be living to 6, 7, or even 8 years of age. If that is the case, waiting until 4 1/2 is a sound practice. However, in areas with very limited visibility - like ridge-and-hollow hardwoods - and where bucks DON'T live to advanced ages due to habitat and rut stress, allowing hunters to take management bucks at 3 1/2 (when they are more harvestable) makes sense. [/QUOTE]
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