I know I'll be taken to task... but shooting larger scoring deer means you are shooting bucks past their breeding prime.
Which IMHO is much healthier in the end. The best ones breed and are harvested later.
Not shot when they were just an 8 point...
We manage our ponds too, taking what needs to be taken when it does.
Not managing would be like letting your cattle herd just do whatever, and dad breeds daughters and so on... but if you don't or haven't run cattle, then some of this may not make so much sense.
Stewardship of the land means getting the best out of it. And not simply by harvest, the hardiest fish/animals etc.. that are much more resistant to disease, drought etc.....
You let a runt cull like me breed, the whole thing would be messed up. LOL.
