Okay, so some of you don't like the term "cull buck". What should they be called? I don't profess to be an expert hunter or tracker, but I have enoughvenison in my freezer to last until next season, and that's how it is every year! I think alot of people post info based on what they've read or heard from others, as opposed to having witnessed. My friend has a large (350 acres or so) farm in Western New York wherewe have "culled" many inferior bucks (all 2.5 years or older). We have witnessed the increase in the number of big-racked bucks for the last 22 years! I shot a largebuck with small, twistedthree to four inch high antlers the second day I was up there this year. It dressed out at 146 lbs. (we weighed it, that's not an estimate) and I ended up with about 75 lbs. of venison (okay, that's an estimate). After that I went trophy hunting and passed on several of the"clone" eight-points he has chasing does around his property. I saw, but didn't get a shot at, a twelve and two tens! There's nothing going up on the wall this year, but as I wrote earlier I have plenty in the freezer!
Now, I don't know what "the book" says, but this practice of culling seems to be working in Steuben County...and will continue to be for years to come!