Thread: Red stag antlers “ trophy potential “

Originally Posted by Stocky

I think culling for bezs is a bit dumb. As in some areas there just aren't many that have good bezs. So in that case if the animals has poor bezs or trezs but and good everything else I'd find it hard to kill him as a "cull" almost every massive stag was what lots would call a "scrubber" at some point. I would only cull now on mature animals that are never going to be amazing ie very large 10s or 8s etc. More young animals I don't feel I have the expertise as I don't know what's typical for the area. I'm working on a basis of for stags I will only take animals I think are a new PB or are clearly mature or deformed. I would likely make the same decision on a stag like that though near the end of a trip and I had plenty of freezer space.

The stag we are discussing is narrow and will never have width. He has no treys, so another x beside his name. He is a cull. He also has a Sika shape which could be from Sika in the English Parks from whence his forebears came.The 'Windsor throwback' occurs in deer descended from Windsor Great Park stock which had Wapiti introduced to it. As far as culling on Beys, I agree that if everything else is good then they can be overlooked, but a head needs to have width and good treys as well as brows and tops