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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 5025483" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>Everything comes down to what you REALLY want from your hunting/management, and most importantly, <u><em>what are you willing to give up to get there</em></u><em>?</em></p><p></p><p>if killing the highest scoring bucks possible is your goal, and that's fine with me if it is, then you will have to give up much to get there. But hunter/managers also need to be realistic, and one of the primary determinants of trophy management is location/habitat. In essence, are you trying to manage for trophy bucks in a region that can regularly produce them? Just because you can get bucks to maturity doesn't mean you will grow a bunch of 150+ bucks. You have to have good habitat for a significant portion of the local mature bucks to grow 150+ racks.</p><p></p><p>A case in point, a client of mine has several thousand acres. They don't kill bucks until maturity. They have a ton of mature bucks. Better than 1 in every 10 bucks on the property is mature. But how many 150+ do they grow and kill? Almost none. Why? They don't have the "groceries" to grow high-end bucks. upper 130-class bucks? Oh yes, a ton of those, but not many 150+. Now look at my personal property of only 500 acres where any buck 2 1/2+ is a legit target, yet we grow a 150+ buck almost every year. Why the difference? Although my place is nearly all timber or cut-over timber, nearby are some astoundingly productive agricultural bottomlands filled with thousands of acres of corn and soybeans each year. In fact, "we" don't actually grow the top-end bucks we hunt each year. Our neighboring farmers do.</p><p></p><p>Much about successful trophy management is location, location, location.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 5025483, member: 17"] Everything comes down to what you REALLY want from your hunting/management, and most importantly, [U][I]what are you willing to give up to get there[/I][/U][I]?[/I] if killing the highest scoring bucks possible is your goal, and that's fine with me if it is, then you will have to give up much to get there. But hunter/managers also need to be realistic, and one of the primary determinants of trophy management is location/habitat. In essence, are you trying to manage for trophy bucks in a region that can regularly produce them? Just because you can get bucks to maturity doesn't mean you will grow a bunch of 150+ bucks. You have to have good habitat for a significant portion of the local mature bucks to grow 150+ racks. A case in point, a client of mine has several thousand acres. They don't kill bucks until maturity. They have a ton of mature bucks. Better than 1 in every 10 bucks on the property is mature. But how many 150+ do they grow and kill? Almost none. Why? They don't have the "groceries" to grow high-end bucks. upper 130-class bucks? Oh yes, a ton of those, but not many 150+. Now look at my personal property of only 500 acres where any buck 2 1/2+ is a legit target, yet we grow a 150+ buck almost every year. Why the difference? Although my place is nearly all timber or cut-over timber, nearby are some astoundingly productive agricultural bottomlands filled with thousands of acres of corn and soybeans each year. In fact, "we" don't actually grow the top-end bucks we hunt each year. Our neighboring farmers do. Much about successful trophy management is location, location, location. [/QUOTE]
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