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What do you think of this article BSK or anyone ? Update : Another article
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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 5025496" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>And that is why I say to successfully manage for top-end bucks means you will <u>give up much</u>. How many hunters really want to pass up a 130 or possibly even a 140 buck just because the buck is only 3 1/2? Not many. But that is EXACTLY how you grow top-end trophy mature bucks.</p><p></p><p>For the few trophy properties I work with, I run an early season photo census in September and October, and then just before the real killing starts with the opening of MZ season, I produce an "Absolutely DO NOT kill" list for the hunters, providing pictures of each middle-aged buck (2 1/2 and 3 1/2) that needs to be protected. This will include the 10-point 2 1/2 year-olds and the 3 1/2 year-olds pushing the 130 mark. If you want to produce more trophy-size mature bucks, you can't be killing the top-end middle-aged bucks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 5025496, member: 17"] And that is why I say to successfully manage for top-end bucks means you will [U]give up much[/U]. How many hunters really want to pass up a 130 or possibly even a 140 buck just because the buck is only 3 1/2? Not many. But that is EXACTLY how you grow top-end trophy mature bucks. For the few trophy properties I work with, I run an early season photo census in September and October, and then just before the real killing starts with the opening of MZ season, I produce an "Absolutely DO NOT kill" list for the hunters, providing pictures of each middle-aged buck (2 1/2 and 3 1/2) that needs to be protected. This will include the 10-point 2 1/2 year-olds and the 3 1/2 year-olds pushing the 130 mark. If you want to produce more trophy-size mature bucks, you can't be killing the top-end middle-aged bucks. [/QUOTE]
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