Thread: Fallow Bucks getting hard?

Originally Posted by whanahuia

Cheers Guys,

Im in situation where have sold the farm to forestry and cullers arrive in couple of weeks, So trying to use as many as I can before that so they are not wasted. But theres a couple of big guys that Id like to let go hard. Trying to have my cake and eat it too so to speak. Went out last night when the rain stopped with a mate and tipped this guy over and all but the tips of a couple of his points were hard.

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Any guesses as too weight?

Leave them as long as possible and cure the velvet heads. On a real note mate shot a fully stripped (maybe a day or so as was not colored up yet fallow buck 18th of Feb so realistically it was strippable a few days earlier than that. It's was north canterbury and the buck was pretty ancient so probably ahead of most.