Thread: Pest deer on private property.

The hardest job of any culling operation is meat recovery

Your first job is to strike hard and fast to avoid educating the pests

Meat recovery would be at the bottom of ground staffs list

Originally Posted by 7mmsaum

The hardest job of any culling operation is meat recovery

Your first job is to strike hard and fast to avoid educating the pests

Meat recovery would be at the bottom of ground staffs list

Yes. Thats what I meant by shooting to waste. Just get in there with a chopper and go full bore. A good culler doesn't looks back.

Originally Posted by Tahr

Yes. Thats what I meant by shooting to waste. Just get in there with a chopper and go full bore. A good culler doesn't looks back.

yes you are right Tahr - back before WW2 in early culling days they were required to skin the deer shot and dry the skins for sale to help with costs of operations -that did not last that long - powers that be soon realized that it was a waste of time and energy and the cullers were better of to just hunt - hunters can waste a lot of time stuffing around with carcasses and if herd reduction is the goal especially high numbers its wasted effort - I think in many areas we are at the point where it would be good to see hunters out in areas with high numbers shoot some to waste before coming out of bush especially hinds or does - I know that is anti to a lot of hunters but in some areas a good cull out to bring numbers down to healthy levels is what's required -