Originally Posted by muzziehead
I identify culls on our place but only try to place them on the cull list once they reach 3.5 to 4.5 years of age. We do not cull young buck regardless of the characteristics of their rack. I killed two culls last season that were mature deer, both weighed over 200lbs and were not going to get any better than what they were. Glad their genes are out of the pool now. Unfortunately, the one we called Clubber must have been busy as we have several little Clubbers running around now.


Their genes are not out of the herd. The only legitimate reason to "cull" a buck from the herd is to take a mouth to feed out of the herd. You're doing nothing for the genetics. The bucks you removed had a mother and daddy that passed on the same genetics as the bucks you killed, and the bucks you killed had passed on theirs before you killed them.