Much better to shoot them in velvet before they have had chance to fray any trees! If you wait til they are in hard antler, then you are little more than a trophy hunter and NOT a deer manager!
Well I was out this morning and saw a nice buck still in velvet and still tight Do members wait for the good bucks to clean or do you shoot them from the first of April no matter what.
Ah Davie your having a quandary over your own mind and the rights and wrongs, simple work within the bounds of the law use the various acts in the Deer legislation ,that's why they are there and shoot them when you see them.
You have to put perspective on this, the only way bucks get rid of velvet is to rub which causes fraying, which shows that you the stalker are not on the case, if there is mass amount of damage occurring in forests and plantations, the very reason the legislation is laid down for the stalker/ land manager to be able the curb the problem before it costs money ,by rendering crops useless .
Shoot them this is the main time/ part of the year when damage occurs .
If it is a good buck? As a deer manager you should let it pass on it good genes. If it is not a good buck shoot it when you want in season it makes no difference. But if you shoot a good buck early in my eyes you are a deer killer not a manager which is fine to be that way if that is what the landowner wants or if you are only interested in money or venison BUT THAT IS NOT DEER MANAGEMENT
You shouldn't need to wait until antlers are fully formed to know whether a buck is a good one or not! Even then, a decent set of antlers is not the only indication as to whether a buck is genetically 'good' or not.If it is a good buck? As a deer manager you should let it pass on it good genes. If it is not a good buck shoot it when you want in season it makes no difference. But if you shoot a good buck early in my eyes you are a deer killer not a manager which is fine to be that way if that is what the landowner wants or if you are only interested in money or venison BUT THAT IS NOT DEER MANAGEMENT
If it is a good buck? As a deer manager you should let it pass on it good genes. If it is not a good buck shoot it when you want in season it makes no difference. But if you shoot a good buck early in my eyes you are a deer killer not a manager which is fine to be that way if that is what the landowner wants or if you are only interested in money or venison BUT THAT IS NOT DEER MANAGEMENT
If it is a good buck? As a deer manager you should let it pass on it good genes. If it is not a good buck shoot it when you want in season it makes no difference. But if you shoot a good buck early in my eyes you are a deer killer not a manager which is fine to be that way if that is what the landowner wants or if you are only interested in money or venison BUT THAT IS NOT DEER MANAGEMENT
well said!Much better to shoot them in velvet before they have had chance to fray any trees! If you wait til they are in hard antler, then you are little more than a trophy hunter and NOT a deer manager!
If it is a good buck? As a deer manager you should let it pass on it good genes. If it is not a good buck shoot it when you want in season it makes no difference. But if you shoot a good buck early in my eyes you are a deer killer not a manager which is fine to be that way if that is what the landowner wants or if you are only interested in money or venison BUT THAT IS NOT DEER MANAGEMENT