I think Missouri's point restriction was experimental and this is the last year.Conservation commission will decide what to make permanent. Atfirst I was against thepoint restriction. My thinking was it was unfair to new hunters. These days are the best hunting years of our lives but it is stilldifficult to kill a deer. Withthenumber of huntersdeclining we need measures to increase the interest andactive involvementin hunting, notmake it harder.To me the point restrictions just made it even more difficult for the new hunters.
On the other side of the coin it only makes sense to let the small racks get bigger because there are a lot of trophy hunters out there and they deserve to be represented as well. No matter the what the final decision you can't please everyone all the time. The restrictions didn't affect me at all yet, but I have 3 nephews who want to go hunting and hopefully I can keep them interested and they will understand the reason why they can't shoot that certain deer.

I do think it is about the money. It's all about the money. Here the Conservation department collects 1/8th of every cent that is spent in the whole state. Everyone knowshow great our Conservation department is. What gets me is that after all that money is collected,(1/8 cent tax), why does the cost of a deer tag keep going up???