Hey buck welcome to the PBF! Sounds like you got a great place!! I asked the very same question here last year. Some guys on here that know a lot more then me said to wait to harvest my BG until the 4th year. (I am sure the year can be different depending your situation) but then they told me they like to harvest BG between the 6 to 8 inch range. Letting the bigger ones go for breeding and for just plan old fun catching the big ones!! Nothing more fun then catching a 10 plus inch BG!! Lets see what some others have to say. I was told you don't want to harvest your initial stockers let them grow and be your breeders. Hence the reason for waiting about 4 years before harvest.

RC

The only difference between a rut and a Grave is the depth. So get up get out of that rut and get moving!! Time to work!!