Your scenario presumes that ARs work the way you think they will . In order for that to happen all of your "brown and downers" would have to cooperate , a rather unlikely prospect . Implementing ARs only in specific counties rather than statewide will only encourage poaching or game waste if somebody shoots the wrong deer .

I live in a state that doesn't impose ARs other than a one buck rule , and I love it . The only thing I dislike more than somebody other than DNR telling me what to shoot is somebody doing it on the pretext that it "helps the herd" or "improves the hunting" . When I hit the woods I should be able to determine what looks best to me , and if that happens to be a forkie for the freezer then that should be my choice if it's legal .