Brow tines vs no brow tines?

[Mayhem]

I realize in drought years deer might have short brow tines or no brow tines, but at what age do you make the call to cull and say he will never have them.

Reason I ask is because my dad and I seem to be in disagreement on a this topic and a specific deer in general.

My wife shot a nice 6 point as a cull, unfortunately she hit him high in the top of the neck with the crossbow and the deer survived.
My dad had the buck at his feeder and thinks the deer has too much potential to cull. The buck is either 3 or 4 and does not have a scoreable brow tine.

What would y’all do?




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[Traildust]

I think he is 3.5. I'd prolly kill him, but he looks like he might have some potential!

Heck, tell the wife to kill him again!

[mudkat]

I think if after 2-1/2 if they don't have brows they will never have much for brows
There is parts of the hill country that a lot of bucks don't have brows .

[Hoss163]

It all depends on the deer honestly I’ve seen it work both ways ! Give him tell 5.5 see what he does!


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[Hoss163]

I bet that buck might be a 10 next year if you get him on some protein and if we have a good spring.


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[mastercraftka]

I have a two year old slick as whistle and he will be on the ground soon.

[bbqfan5909]

That buck gets a pass all day at our place. We had a lot of bucks with no brows last year, they all came back with brows.

[drop dead fred]

Cull

[Mudslinger]

Just killed one Sunday morning, a slick 6 with no visible hints of brow tines. 3 1/2 plus and we have a bad buck to do ratio, way more bucks than does on camera or out of a stand.

[deerwatcher51]

I cull at 2.5 if they have no brows, but then I have the luxury of having a pretty aggressive culling program.

[canny]

Brow tines are one of the most consistent traits that are kept from year to year. So I would say that if he has no brow tines at 3 then I would justify culling them if thats part of your management plan.

[Clintk]

Brow tines are one of the most consistent traits that are kept from year to year. So I would say that if he has no brow tines at 3 then I would justify culling them if thats part of your management plan.

I agree!

[Codie]

I agree with your father on this deer. Plenty of potential there for him to be a really nice buck in the future even if he never shows a sign of a brow tine at any point. I have never understood the hate for bucks with no brow tines. They are by far the shortest tines on a bucks head even when they do have them, therefore contributing the least amount to a B&C score so why make such a big deal out of it if they don't have any? I would agree that a buck with nice brows looks far better than one without them, but I don't understand presence of brow tines being a stand alone trait to determine if a buck is a "cull" or "management buck" or not.

[RMW]

That deer is pretty old not even close to 2.5-3.5.

Kill him

[Fishndude]

Brow tines vs no brow tines?

2 with no brows goes

Example. Look at dates. Same deer.