ORIGINAL: ShatoDavis

Well since this thread seems to be about "pet peeves" I will give you mine.

I Absolutely hate hate hate the term Herd management when speaking of deer. It sounds like you're talking about cattle. I guess my problem with it is that it comes from the High fence crowd.

In Fair chase hunting the only thing you can do is let the young bucks walk and hope the next guy does too. Plant a few food plots etc.in the hope that it provides some extra nutrition etc. Maybe put out some corn in the winter to help the critters make it through the tough season.

All the talk about culling undesireable bucks etc. reeks of Captive deer to me.

Sorry for the rant.