ORIGINAL: Arthur P
I make a prediction that in 5 years 90% of states will have antler restrictions of some sort and that in 10 years folks will be laughing at how ridiculous and archaic the mentality was of hunters and management practices in the old days. It's Darwinism at it's best...simply an evolutionary process. Many of our states went from few if any deer where there was no season or the bag limits were extremely restrictive, then to a population explosion where in some states you can shoot a deer a day, and eventually things will settle out and sound management practices will prevail. Don't hate me...I'm just a prophet on a mission.
I make a prediction that you will have to change the regs to make that happen on public land. Not much of a prediction, I know, but that's the only way it'll work. But I don't know how well it's going to fly with the average Joe when trophy hunters approach wildlife commissions, trying to impose their will on the masses.