I really don't see this as an antler restriction. If they really wanted to accomplish something they should have carried it a point or two further, say 3 points to one side. Most of those little four pointers that everyone whacks are 1 1/2 years old. If they'd let them live(and I'm not necessaryily a QDM let-em-grow guy) they'd see some real changes in 3 or 4 years. If those1 1/2 year olds could make it to 2 1/2, a lot more of them would survive to be 4 and 5. That extra year of learning to avoid and hide from man really helps them and gives them a sure enough chance to make it to 3 and 4 and 5 years old. The two point rule doesn't do anything the old rules of One point 3 inches long didn't do.