Refreshing topic: Culls of the Whitetail Deer

Can we get the link to this?

Saw that article a while back and was telling someone about it. What it all boils down to is unless you have at least 2 years of encounters with a deer you really don't know

I'd have probably shot him at 2.5yrs because I think the horns look cool that way.

He's got some cool junk on his antlers every year though. I've never seen one like the top left with such a fine split in the g5.

I would think that his 1st set of antlers were pretty impressive and he showed potential.

I don't see why anyone would think him a cull buck.

Pretty apparent 2nd set of antlers were an injury year.

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This buck lived at Mississippi State University’s Deer Lab research center

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So obviously the deer is dead now. What happened? They offering hunts too?

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yeah that G5 is cool looking. Never seen one like that

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Am I the only one that sees camel toe?

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Am I the only one that sees camel toe?

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Not anymore!

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Yay, another example of people doing it wrong.

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Care to explain?

I'm not a deer hunter, but I was under the impression that a "cull buck" was an older, larger (i.e. dominant and gets to mate with the does) deer that lacked "trophy" antlers. Basically a 5 year old 6 point that weighs over 200 would be a cull buck. Is that not accurate?

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I'm not a deer hunter, but I was under the impression that a "cull buck" was an older, larger (i.e. dominant and gets to mate with the does) deer that lacked "trophy" antlers. Basically a 5 year old 6 point that weighs over 200 would be a cull buck

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You're close. I don't know if there is an across the board agreement on what a cull should be, or what age it should reach that threashold. In my opinion very, very few bucks should be killed as a cull because youre not really improving your heard. Especially if he has passed his genetics on for 4-5 years already. Not to mention that 50% of a bucks genetics come from its mother so no real way of knowing what doe is carrying good and bad genetics.

We have a very serious issue with 6 & 7 points on our place. We've had 2 older 7 points weighing over 200 lbs killed this year and one still on camera. According the one of our neighbors, his huge 6pt was aged at 8 years old. I think this is a direct result of 15 years of deer management where the club required bucks to be 8pt or better with a minimum 13" spread. They have killed every 3 year old, and some 2 year old 8, 9, and 10pt over the years while the others have been allowed to live. In reality and for our situation, any 2 year old or older buck with 6pt should be "culled". Maybe but really I don't know

Here is an example. I guessed this buck to be 4 years old. He, and 3 other smaller bucks were chasing a doe. He weighted 190 and no doubt had lost some weight from chasing. We get a lot of bucks like this one that have a small G3 on one side making them a 7