Thanks GobblerTX, I'm pretty sure that's what he meant
and I'm even more sure that's what this program is designed
for, which makes it a trophy management program at the
expense of ALL hunters.
Again, I would not be near as outspoken on this if it
was'nt so clearly set up to appease or benefit the hunter
whose main reason for hunting is to mount a bigger rack than
he did last season. I can not support the continued direction
deer hunting is taking inTX of "to the highest bidder", and
don't even try to tell me this is'nthappening. The numbers
I've seen advertised in TX is 99% of the land is private and
yet we still manage to get over a million acres for public
hunting, and now that 1% could be put under QUALITY ANTLER
MANAGEMENT!! If you want to groom the deer on your land
I say more power to you. But I still don't think TPWD should
be forcing this on all hunters or all land owners.

PK