NOT a fan of the term “cull” buck. In most circles it is a cop out to shoot a small young buck. I’d rather people just fess up and say I wanted to shoot this buck, rather than trying to cover it with an excuse.
Now if it really is a weird freaky dink that is a little older I can understand a bit better, but I still don’t think it makes much difference one way or the other.

Although not a fan of the way highly managed properties are run, I learned many of the mature “cull” bucks that are shot are not necessarily to remove their genes, but to remove their mouths from the herd. It’s a shame that a huge mature buck can be deemed insignificant on highly managed properties, when it would be the talk of the town in other places.