if filling your freezer is all you have in mind then why not let the small buck walk and take a doe
What if you are in an area that has no doe permits? Several WMU's had few if any.
[quote][The fact is when you kill the young bucks you are depleteing the gene pool which weakens the herds chances of survival./quote]
Please show your source for this. Does carry genes also. And a buck "past his prime" has no different genes then when he was young.
Talk to any biologist and they will tell you the same thing
Can you give us the contact info forthe onegiving you your info?
Steve