I had to laugh today while reading my local newspaper. I live in WV and our states deer hunting is really in sad shape due to the slaughtering of antlerless (does) in recent years. It seems now the states DNR are going to try something new since they are tired of BS'ing the hunters of this fine state. They (WVDNR) are now going to try and imply a buck restriction, this is where I had to laugh. Instead of having an antler restriction on the bucks killed, they are having a restriction that is a hunter (archer or gun hunter) won't be able to harvest a buck if their horns ARE NOT 14" (inside ear to ear). Is that not stupid or what? Yes, in West Virginia we do need a restriction on our bucks due to the ever decreasing herd but why not have on like our surrounding states by having an antler restriction of 3-4 points per side?
In past years West Virginia hunters were allowed to kill entirely too many does therefore our herd is suffering. Unlike the days of yesteryear when a hunter might see 30-40 deer on opening day bowseason, now you might be lucky to see 10-15 deer in both archery and rifle seasons thanks to the stupidy of our DNR and all of these other suit-n-tie so-called hunting guru's.