Touching on TOT's previous post, when recommending harvest recommendations on ranches I have worked on and with. My general rule, is to take out the bottom percentage of each age class of bucks. In other words, if you have an estimated (20) 3 year old bucks, and all of them are 10 points except for 5 8 points, take out the two 8 points. Same goes for everything 2yrs and older. 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 year old age class bucks.
My reasoning for this is based mainly on HF ranches. My analogy is that there are only so many seats at the table, and you need to have the better looking deer sitting there, not the smaller deer. I know as always, there are always exceptions to the rule, but it's a general start to getting better deer. "Trophy" animals are always dependent on the ranch, time, genetics and 100 other things....
My reasoning for this is based mainly on HF ranches. My analogy is that there are only so many seats at the table, and you need to have the better looking deer sitting there, not the smaller deer. I know as always, there are always exceptions to the rule, but it's a general start to getting better deer. "Trophy" animals are always dependent on the ranch, time, genetics and 100 other things....
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