Culling bucks doesn't work. Shooting “cull bucks” to improve the antler configuration in a wild herd of whitetails, elk, or mule deer is a popular exercise—but a waste of time. A better way to produce bucks and bulls with big antlers is to not shoot young bucks, regardless of antler size.

Is it better to kill bucks or does?

Taking does controls impact on habitat more so than taking bucks because each doe killed also eliminates the potential to produce future deer. Conversely, taking a buck eliminates only that deer and not necessarily potential offspring because other bucks will breed in its place.

Should you cull deer?

It's been proven many times that hunters and land managers can improve the average antler size substantially by allowing bucks to mature and improving the habitat.” So basically, culling doesn't work for wild deer. The only proven factors for having bigger deer on a given property are age and nutrition.