What is your definition of a cull buck?
I'm not a trophy hunter, per se, but I will take a deer with a nice rack and even spend the money for a shoulder mount, if there is some sentiment behind it. I'm mostly doing it because we enjoy venison here.
So, I'm hunting and my Dad is in the blind with me. A nice, but young, 8pt buck comes out behind some does. Dad advises not to shoot it because of its age. I weren't too happy about that, but I decided to let it walk vs tripping over his lips the rest of the evening.
My next outing, I was hunting alone. Besides the few does that visited the area, were a couple of button heads, a spike, and two cowhorns. I didn't shoot anything.
I was telling my Dad about one of the cowhorns because the main beams were about 12" long and it had to have been about a 10 to 12" spread. If it had any brow tines, I didn't see them. Dad's remark was that I should have shot him, you know, to remove him from the gene pool. I guess Dad considered him a cull buck.
If you're into any kind of deer management on your land or lease, what makes a buck a cull buck?
TL;DR How do you decide which buck to shoot if you're trying to "manage" your herd?
I'm not a trophy hunter, per se, but I will take a deer with a nice rack and even spend the money for a shoulder mount, if there is some sentiment behind it. I'm mostly doing it because we enjoy venison here.
So, I'm hunting and my Dad is in the blind with me. A nice, but young, 8pt buck comes out behind some does. Dad advises not to shoot it because of its age. I weren't too happy about that, but I decided to let it walk vs tripping over his lips the rest of the evening.
My next outing, I was hunting alone. Besides the few does that visited the area, were a couple of button heads, a spike, and two cowhorns. I didn't shoot anything.
I was telling my Dad about one of the cowhorns because the main beams were about 12" long and it had to have been about a 10 to 12" spread. If it had any brow tines, I didn't see them. Dad's remark was that I should have shot him, you know, to remove him from the gene pool. I guess Dad considered him a cull buck.
If you're into any kind of deer management on your land or lease, what makes a buck a cull buck?
TL;DR How do you decide which buck to shoot if you're trying to "manage" your herd?
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