RE: Gene pool and antler restrictions
2008/11/10 14:07:32
(permalink)
Doc--I CHALLENGED you to post the results of the PGC's deer scoring program with comparisons to past years along with the number of bucks killed last year by junior hunters. You stated that you could get that info if you wanted. Instead you put up a couple pages of misc stuff including lots of your own claims and data which means nothing as far as what is happening statewide.-------We are close to the same age. I am a bit older than you. You basicly hunt a 2sq mile area. I hunt about a 25 plus sq mile area. You are content to hunt a few hours a season. I hunt a few hours every day of the season. You are happy with a few red squirrels and a couple doe. I hunt 2-1/2 year old 8 point bucks or better and gobblers and bear. You think the PGC is doing a great job and AR is working even though you have only seen 2 legal bucks in a 3 point area in 20 years of hunting. Since you say you don't care about a buck I guess from your perspective you are correct. The last 3 years of AR I have seen fewer 8 points or better and more real scrubs than any year in the decade before AR. In my mind, in the area I hunt from my perspective I am correct in saying it isn't working and is reducing the quality of bucks. Now I am going back out and try to prove myself wrong.