If only the older bucks "come into their own" and form a pecking order etc....and the herd is not healthy without them....why are you killing them? According to that way of thinking you would think that the older bucks would be "off limits" after all they are the only ones who know how to breed. You can't do that just like you can't just only kill the younger ones either.
I think you hit the nail on the head right there BigJ!!!
Good article Shed!