On my lease a cull buck cost $100.00. So not too many get killed.
Is that enforced even if the hunter kills an actual cull? About 20 years ago at one of the private school hunts in SW AL a hunter killed a 145 lb spike. Most of the other hunters were ragging the guy for shooting a future hoss deer, until the jawbone was pulled. The jawbone said the deer was a 3 year old.
What about spike on one side bucks? Still have to pay the fine?
I know the genetic makeup of the herd can't be changed by killing a true cull buck but it is one less mouth to feed.