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. move bow and muzzleloader togetherand have itafter the rut.. the larger bucks will have a chance to breed then.. to me,, it is defeating the purpose of ar when the larger bucks get takin before they get a chance to breed.. they will defeat the purpose of the ar program in time by eliminating these bucks before the rut.. look at the increase of archery and muzzleloader stamps..
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Actually they were down this year. [/align][align=left][/align][align=left]A_R_C_H_E_R_Y_ *[/align][align=left]RESIDENT ARCHERY 249,178 246,575 * -2,603 1 % DOWN[/align][align=left]NON RESIDENT ARCHERY 11,720 11,340 * -380 3 % DOWN[/align][align=left]TOTAL ARCHERY 260,898 257,915 * -2,983 1 % DOWN[/align][align=left]*[/align][align=left]*[/align][align=left]*[/align][align=left]M_U_Z_Z_L_E_L_O_A_D_E_R_ *[/align][align=left]RESIDENT MUZZLELOADER 174,713 168,693 * -6,020 3 % DOWN[/align][align=left]NON RESIDENT MUZZLELOADER 7,615 6,902 * -713 9 % DOWN[/align][align=left]TOTAL MUZZLELOADER 182,328 175,595 * -6,733 4 % DOWN[/align][align=left]*[/align][align=left][/align][align=left]
Let me guess you don't hunt archery? There are actually a very small number of the overall bucks harvested by archers as compared to rifle hunters. If you want more bucks we could eliminate rifle hunting and go to shotgun only like the states that are producing monster whitetails now...Iowa, Illinois, Ohio..ect.... How would that be?[/align]