Comments on: What is a Cull Buck? http://www.buckmanager.com/2008/04/22/what-is-a-cull-buck/ Deer Hunting and Habitat Management Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:05:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Hunter D http://www.buckmanager.com/2008/04/22/what-is-a-cull-buck/comment-page-1/#comment-3287 Hunter D Tue, 30 Nov 2010 07:29:22 +0000 http://www.buckmanager.com/2008/04/22/what-is-a-cull-buck/#comment-3287 The bucks we consider "cull" or "management" bucks now we would have been falling over ourselves trying to be the first one to shoot 10 years ago. The more intensively you manage your ranch, the better your outcomes. The bucks we consider “cull” or “management” bucks now we would have been falling over ourselves trying to be the first one to shoot 10 years ago. The more intensively you manage your ranch, the better your outcomes.

]]> By: Thomas http://www.buckmanager.com/2008/04/22/what-is-a-cull-buck/comment-page-1/#comment-2543 Thomas Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:25:58 +0000 http://www.buckmanager.com/2008/04/22/what-is-a-cull-buck/#comment-2543 If a buck is a 6 point at 3 1/2 years old, will he get any better with age? If a buck is a 6 point at 3 1/2 years old, will he get any better with age?

]]> By: Buck Manager http://www.buckmanager.com/2008/04/22/what-is-a-cull-buck/comment-page-1/#comment-1878 Buck Manager Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:57:34 +0000 http://www.buckmanager.com/2008/04/22/what-is-a-cull-buck/#comment-1878 Dwight, if you are interested in improving your whitetail buck herd then I would suggest removing any buck that is 2 1/2 years or older that has 7 or fewer antler points. A 3 1/2 year old 7 point, or a 4 1/2 year old 7 point as in your case, is a definite shooter. In regards to your second question, 8 point bucks can become 10 point bucks, but age is an important component. A good yearling buck (1 1/2) with it's first set of antlers may be an 8 point deer. This is a good deer and will most likely have 10 or more antler points a year or two down the road. In fact, really good yearling bucks can have 10 points. The problem comes at 3 1/2 years of age. An 8 point buck at this age is much less likely to develop into a 10 point buck than say a yearling or 2 1/2 year old 8 point. These 3 1/2 and 4 1/2 year old 8 point bucks are then harvested on many ranches as management bucks, knowing that odds are not in their favor at this point in their life to become superior antlered deer. Dwight, if you are interested in improving your whitetail buck herd then I would suggest removing any buck that is 2 1/2 years or older that has 7 or fewer antler points. A 3 1/2 year old 7 point, or a 4 1/2 year old 7 point as in your case, is a definite shooter.

In regards to your second question, 8 point bucks can become 10 point bucks, but age is an important component. A good yearling buck (1 1/2) with it’s first set of antlers may be an 8 point deer. This is a good deer and will most likely have 10 or more antler points a year or two down the road. In fact, really good yearling bucks can have 10 points.

The problem comes at 3 1/2 years of age. An 8 point buck at this age is much less likely to develop into a 10 point buck than say a yearling or 2 1/2 year old 8 point. These 3 1/2 and 4 1/2 year old 8 point bucks are then harvested on many ranches as management bucks, knowing that odds are not in their favor at this point in their life to become superior antlered deer.

]]> By: Dwight http://www.buckmanager.com/2008/04/22/what-is-a-cull-buck/comment-page-1/#comment-1877 Dwight Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:37:46 +0000 http://www.buckmanager.com/2008/04/22/what-is-a-cull-buck/#comment-1877 I have heard that an 8 point buck will not become a 10 point. Is that correct once they have reached maturity or is that a fact in general regardless of age or maturity? Am I being told correctly? I have heard that an 8 point buck will not become a 10 point. Is that correct once they have reached maturity or is that a fact in general regardless of age or maturity? Am I being told correctly?

]]> By: Dwight http://www.buckmanager.com/2008/04/22/what-is-a-cull-buck/comment-page-1/#comment-1876 Dwight Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:34:17 +0000 http://www.buckmanager.com/2008/04/22/what-is-a-cull-buck/#comment-1876 I have a 3.5 year old 7 point buck that was a 7 point last year. This year he is a little heavier horned and has short brow tines, but is still inside his ears. He would be considered a cull buck, wouldn't he? I have a 3.5 year old 7 point buck that was a 7 point last year. This year he is a little heavier horned and has short brow tines, but is still inside his ears. He would be considered a cull buck, wouldn’t he?

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