Anyone in agreement that this is a cull and needs to taken? I’m thinking he is 3.5 or 4.5 years old

I don't see a deer that old. He's ugly but I have him 2 max.

Agree, 1.5, maybe 2.5 max

I think he's young. I'd leave him alone. Who knows. Might make a cool cull in 2-3 years.

IMHO he is a youngster, give him a year and then see.

2.5

Young buck, let him walk.

Confused on why it would be a cull at that age regardless of the head gear.

I see a 2.5 yr old with no brow tine and a part of one. I would let someone cull him.

Should have culled him last year as a spike.

He doesn't look like he's trying to breed. I'd leave him alone for another year. But, that's just me.

Boom! Burger!

With that “rock” diet hes on its hard to expect much……
Some leases have good genetics, good habitat and a good plan in place and would cull him even if hes two. I would not at two but probably at 3.
Any culling for me would assume you needed mouths off the range and the buck doe ratio called for it.
He’s definitely a POS in my book but I like to give em a few years to see if they could at least be something a novice hunter might be proud of.
A 120” 8 pt is a “Trophy” to many.

Take out the trash...
Adios,
Gary

The buck behind him has some age and not much headgear, too. BOOM, BOOM!

Unless you are on a high fence with MLD tags, the usefulness of "culling" a buck is nothing more than a willingness to shoot it and waste a buck tag.

The genetic potential of a deer is never fully maximized on vast majority of low fence ranches, and the ability to fully manage a deer herd with just one or two people on a large low fence property is almost impossible simply due to the number of deer tags possible, UNLESS MLD tags are issued and people put in the work.

So assuming this a typical low fence non-MLD tag property, the OP question boils down to one of a couple simple questions:
1. Does he want to burn a tag on this deer?
2. Is there someone else who wants to burn a tag on this deer?
3. Are there better deer to shoot on this property the OP wants to shoot, so wasting a buck tag on this dink is not reasonable?

Only the OP can answer those questions.

Indeed....the "let him walk", "give him another year" Gents have much more patience than me.....or a lot of trash walking around consuming feed and creating off-spring.

I totally agree. It depends on the hunter and location. Location leads to genetics and groceries to determine what is and is not a good buck!

I’m not seeing 4.5 but that deer is old enough to have been something better already. If you have a kid or someone looking to fill a tag shoot him.