180 class

[Tedl10]

The bucks that do possess the genetics capable of being a 150+ class deer achieve that by adequate food. Adequate food goes right along with removing doe's and culls. For example, per 50lbs of body weight a deer consumes 6lbs of forage a day. Well, if I harvest a "cull" or "management buck" that weighs 250lbs, well you do the math. It's an awful lot of food that could be used to benefit a buck that could grow much larger, or for doe's. So in fact removing culls does help the antler growth of your bucks, imo and it ain't worth much!

[BLOOD DOG]

They were right.....Best thread EVER on Ducksouth!!!!!!

[country_20boy]

If you want to shoot small bucks then do it, but don't call them culls just because your embarrassed of what someone might think .That's ridiculous. Just my honest opinion.

We have about a dozen "culls" killed on our place every year and I can't argue with shooting a 4-5 yr old 8 pt with a 14" spread. But I would bet $500 that most of the culls aren't culls until after they hit the ground.