Management buck?

[cbcs1987]

Trying to start managing some land I hunt. I seen this buck on cam and can't decide if he has any potential or not. I'm not good at determining age and size.I have a lot to learn. Just wandering what yall think.

 

[PickettSFHunter]

Typical 1.5 yr old buck. Plenty of potential.

 

[monsterbuck07]

Ditto. Young buck,lots of potential

 

[SNAG]

He has the potential to be 2.5 next year and be a larger buck! Thats a point I stress to people that they don't get. If you see 10 1.5 year old deer this year and you shoot 0 of them then you have the chance to have 10 2.5 yr old deer next year. And it goes on from there.

 

[JCDEERMAN]

Won't know what he will be until he is older (3 1/2 - 4 1/2). Therefore, shoot him when he's big enough for your liking. Otherwise, he is a typical young deer

 

[TheLBLman]

Just looks like a healthy average yearling buck to me, meaning he has great potential with age.

My advise is to erase from your mind the words "management bucks" and "cull bucks".

"Management buck" is just a marketing term created by commercial outfitters that "sounds" good for shooting a less than top-end antlered buck and still charge quite a sum of money for it's shooting.

"Cull buck" is just an excuse for shooting a buck that doesn't measure up to a hunter's previously stated standards. Therefore, to a hunter who kills a "cull buck", it's actually a "trophy buck" to that hunter.

But a trophy is in the eye of the beholder. If it's a trophy to you, go for it. Just don't use the excuse of "cull" or "management".

Won't know what he will be until he is older (3 1/2 - 4 1/2). Therefore, shoot him when he's big enough for your liking.

 

[easy45]

Just a 1.5

 

[catman529]

a yearling with good potential, looks a lot like the one I shot last year :grin:

 

[BSK]

What everyone else said. Just an average yearling buck.

 

[BSK]

If you see 10 1.5 year old deer this year and you shoot 0 of them then you have the chance to have 10 2.5 yr old deer next year.

That's fine in theory, but in most real-world situations, that's not the result.

 

[TheLBLman]

That's fine in theory, but in most real-world situations, that's not the result.

Very true. But in MOST real-world situations, the more yearlings passed this year, the more 2 1/2's that will be available the next year.

 

[RUGER]

Pretty deer.

 

[Hillbilly Hunter]

That's fine in theory, but in most real-world situations, that's not the result.

Very true. But in MOST real-world situations, the more yearlings passed this year, the more 2 1/2's that will be available the next year.

yep, and that was the point.

 

[BSK]

That's fine in theory, but in most real-world situations, that's not the result.

Very true. But in MOST real-world situations, the more yearlings passed this year, the more 2 1/2's that will be available the next year.

Yes, but not necessarily on your property. In fact, many of the 2 1/2s that use your property this year lived "somewhere else" and may have been passed by someone else last year.

Passing yearling bucks will benefit someone, but perhaps not you. In essence, don't expect the yearlings you passed last year to be around this year. Some might, and some will probably have left for a new range. Some of the 2 1/2s you have this year were probably passed by someone else last year.

 

[TheLBLman]

I just figure what goes around comes around, and I'm willing to do my part.

 

[BSK]

I just figure what goes around comes around, and I'm willing to do my part.

And that's the best policy. Although many of those "passed" yearling bucks may leave the property, you never know.

Besides, I don't really pass yearling bucks in hopes of killing them later on. I pass yearling bucks because they are not a challenge for my to kill. Part of the reason I hunt the way I do is to pit my "predatory skills" against the wariness of my quarry, and yearling bucks are not very wary, hence are not a true test of my skills.

 

[Hillbilly Hunter]

x2

 

[Mr.Bro]

Management buck?

If your reason to kill a sub sized buck is take out his genes then you got to take out many more than just him.His daddy,mama,brothers,sisters and nephews and nieces.

Shoot him now and he surly grows no bigger.

 

[Boone 58]

Typical 1.5 yr old buck. Plenty of potential.

X-2.....if you let him get 3.5 or better you will see...........