Culls

[elgato]

I agree with Peyton. All 8's should be exterminated. This was a 'clean ' 8 at 6 yrs old and I just let him slip thru the 'cull' cracks! Dang.

[BrandonA]

I’ve always said more trophy bucks have been killed 3.5 as 8 points than all other “culls” combined

[txwhitetail]

I agree with Peyton. All 8's should be exterminated. This was a 'clean ' 8 at 6 yrs old and I just let him slip thru the 'cull' cracks! Dang.

And I’m sure it was a 115” 8 at 6....lol

[JPHunting]

I'm looking one right now, that is big bodied, 14 inches wide, 1 inch brow tines, and 4 tines. Probably 3.5. Thinking he is cull. I had another probably low 130's with him and he was smaller

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Just out of curiosity, for a cull like you've mentioned what's generally the going rate for a hunt for a deer of that calibre?

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[Mexico]

I’ve always said more trophy bucks have been killed 3.5 as 8 points than all other “culls” combined

Amen...

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[IkemanTX]

In an original AR county we had a 3 year old 10 turn into a dang nice 8 at 4 due to the drought. The next year at 5 he was a 157” 10pt, he didn’t live till 6. I would definitely not shoot a 3 year old 8 and 4 is questionable.



I hunt as a guest on a high fence Ranch and in my opinion they shoot way to many 8’s too early. They also cull spikes. A high end deer on the place is 160”, granted it’s all West Texas original genetics, but I feel that after 10 years of management under a fence you should be hitting 170 fairly consistently. As a guest you do as you are told though. I don’t shoot the 8’s, but i will shoot a spike although I don’t agree with that either.

I think people tend to forget to take the browse availability and dry years into account. That is something that can dramatically change a bucks’s rack.


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[mrc]

I only cull when I need to remove mouths from the feed trough. I only cull 2.5 yo and up, it could be a spike or odd tined deer. I know I can't manage athe herd on my lowfenced place so I try to give my deer with more potential a better chance at the protein

[Black Ice]

Culls

And I’m sure it was a 115” 8 at 6....lol

Yeah but how many people shoot 115 in 8’s at 3.5 on properties and ***** about not killing big deer?


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[Hunter98]

Ok I think original post wasn't worded to good. We have big deer and my question should have read. When do you cull a 8 point that has bad characteristics and does nor have any potential? Here are a few pics from the last couple of years. I think they speak for themselves.

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[BrandonA]

Yeah but how many people shoot 115 in 8’s at 3.5 on properties and ***** about not killing big deer?


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[Black Ice]

Culls

Ok I think original post wasn't worded to good. We have big deer and my question should have read. When do you cull a 8 point that has bad characteristics and does nor have any potential? Here are a few pics from the last couple of years. I think they speak for themselves.

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If you have a healthy buck to doe ratio and need to take bucks then I would shoot the lower quality bucks starting at 4.5. For the record I’ll pass on a big 6 and kill a small 8 everyday of the week. I like big frame deer and had a buddy shoot an 8 over a 6 that was the same age but the 6 was way more impressive.



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[Aggiehunter08]

Doctor Deer says 3.5.

[flywise]

I’ve always said more trophy bucks have been killed 3.5 as 8 points than all other “culls” combined

How did you determine that?

[Mexicobbd187]

I agree you got to let them roll I just can’t understand why a lot of these guys shoot the 1.5 yr old spikes an call them culls Smh

[txwhitetail]

Yeah but how many people shoot 115 in 8’s at 3.5 on properties and ***** about not killing big deer?


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That's true. Lots of the top end deer are killed at 3.5 and 4.5 and not just 8s. Usually its the opposite where the 10s+ are killed and the 8s are left.