What a lot of people are failing to understand is that the herd was going get cut one way or the other. That's what the PGC wanted. With the herds being reduced as much as they are, and NOT protecting some bucks.....man would you guys be whining becuase there would be even far fewer bucks. At least with the AR now, despite having overall lower deer numbers you still have some nicer bucks left. If AR's were gone and at these low deer numbers you'd have next to NO decent bucks. In places where the herd hasn't been cut so bad, the AR's are working wonders. Don't blame the #'s of big bucks on AR not working, blame it on HR working.