Management Buck?

[UnderDog]

i'd have to say that's defiantly the same buck. he would be my number one awesome buck! 

[nyantler]

I would take him because he's a beautiful buck... culling any buck like that to stop those genetics is down right crazy... that is a really handsome buck! This is the kind of stuff I hate about where hunters are taking QDM... managing deer to have specific rack configurations is not good conservation and falls short of what hunting is all about in my opinion.

[Five Seasons]

Culling free range in NY? Lol.

[mt624]

Culling was the topic last year and thoroughly discussed already. This is a deer I shot this season and my neighbor (not the original poster) provided me with these more recent trail cam pics. I just wanted to post follow up pictures to show how the deer looked after another year of growth.

[Steve7]

I shot this 4 pointer a few years back and I try and shoot mature deer whenever I can.  Not knowing much about QDM, would this deer's genes be bad?  From the post's I've read I would think so.

 

 

[mt624]

QDM is more about age structure and letting deer mature before harvesting vs genetics which we really can't manage.

[mt624]

Along with other factors like doe to buck ratio, habitat, etc.