ORIGINAL: keyshunter
I could be wrong, but Iseem to recallthat AR in Pa was first implemented in 2002 or 2003. Idon't have a good handle on this date, because, although I hunt Pa every year, I shoot only does and/or mature bucks.One would logically expect the total buck kill to decrease with AR in effect.
AR was implemented in PA in the Fall of 2002, and the Good Doctor claimed that the buck harvest would return to nomal after one year.
and anyone who has hunted extensively knows thatmature bucks are not that easy to kill.
Now we are getting somewhere, VA only is only 4k sqmi less in size than PA, has roughly 60% hunters fewer hunters, and is ranked 7thof states in total deer population. That should result in plenty of mature buck to go around, thus proving that AR really isn't needed in Virginia at all.
I'm done for today, I have to go and try to bust a few Yotes to do my part in trying to get VA to #6 in Deer population.
