Antler Point Restictions in Wisconsin
#21
#22
Here's another example of improvements in PA. 20 years ago, PA was the laughing stock of the whitetail world. Home of the 120 pound spike. Check out this sucker. Definitely more than 120 pounds. And not a spike. I honestly think those antlers are bigger than they look. The buck's body just makes them look average.
#24
I personally don't like them in PA as I'm perfectly content shooting a 4 point. However, I cannot deny the results. I see bigger bucks. Not more bucks, but bigger for sure. Pre A.R. I might have seen lots, but most were spikes, 4's and a nice 6 point was considered a good buck. Now I see mostly 8's. Although, I see less deer than before the big doe slaughters happened. The numbers are coming back some, but doubt they'll ever be what they were. Which they say is a "healthy" herd. I'm alright with that. I enjoyed seeing 50+ deer everyday. But if they say the herd is healthier now that's good and I still manage to get some deer every year.
-Jake
-Jake
#25
I personally don't like them in PA as I'm perfectly content shooting a 4 point.
It helped that my son was a MY and is now a junior hunter. He has two more years of not being under ARs. He has shot two 4-pointers and a spike since he started hunting, so we got our meat without being selective.
Another thing we started seeing a few years after ARs......G4 tines and non-typical points. Before ARs, I was convinced that typical 8-pointers were the biggest bucks we could produce.
Honestly in 25 years of hunting I have never seen a buck like your big one (or the live one, he's a brute)
#26
Spike
Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 30
with the antler restrictions that were mentioned a 200# mature 6 point is not a legal buck. so if you happen to have a gene of big 6 points what can you do about it with antler restrictions in place or do they have a way around this?
#28
#29
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2017
Posts: 9