Cull or not?

[Palmetto Bug]

I sat over a cornpile yesterday evening at a club in the lowcountry. Got in the stand at 5:30. At 5:50 and button came out, ate a bit and left. Next a little spike/cowhorn came out and ate a bit and left. Then a bigger deer with half a rack stepped out. On his good side, he had four typical points with a spread about even with his ear, maybe a little better. The other side was completely missing and, through the scope, the spot on his head looked pretty ragged. I guessed his age at probably two or three years old; not sway back, no Roman nose, not huge looking although the neck was swollen. Other than the missing antler, he was in pretty good shape.

Was he a cull?

Tommy

[DeerKilla]

Let him walk. He may be a nice ten next year. You won't ever know if you shoot him.

[HARV]

Sounds like Sasha seen him first & is saving him for next year. Probably hurt it / broke it early.Wait and see next year.

[mirroman]

LMAO at HARV!!!! [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
Poor ol Sushi can't catch a break...
I would imagine it was broke off. Is that the way it looked to you??? Ifin that is the case let him be...

[Sasha and Abby]

Sasha strikes again... [img]graemlins/Laser.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/deer.gif[/img]

[Johnny Reb]

Originally posted by HARV:
Sounds like Sasha seen him first & is saving him for next year.

You beat me to it Harv!

[Palmetto Bug]

When I looked sat him through the scope, the spot on his head looked pretty ragged and bigger around than the base should have been. I thought it looked a bit infected or malformed. As it turns out, the antler was broken off right at the base. The antler stub looked rough, dark brown and not really like what a broken antler normally looks like. I did shoot him as a cull only to question my decision immediately. Later, I passed on a nice eight point and a medium sized doe with fawn that came out at dusk and tried to figure out why this other deer was sleeping in the cornpile. I saw a total of four bucks and two or three does for the evening.

The yearling deer were all absolutely boney with ribs showing. I think this land is so overpopulated that they need to have a major population reduction.

[CPiper]

Well PB, since you shot him Id have to say yes, he is a cull buck! [img]tongue.gif[/img] Congrats on the kill!

[mirroman]

Threw me for a loop on that one too... HAHA...
PBug if you need help with ALL them deers, have gun, will travel... I hate to see someone overrun with them goats....
I guess you ground checked that one...