ORIGINAL: bluebird2
AR's are the best thing to happen to this state.
That is an interesting position when you consider the following facts.
1. Breeding rates have declined since ARS and HR were implemented.
2. Productivity decreased instead of increasing as predicted.
3. We are harvesting fewer 2.5+ buck than we did in 2002.
4. The number of licensed hunters has been steadily been decreasing since ARs were implemented
Now, would you care to post the reasons why you believe ARs were the best thing that happened to this state?
Because everyoneI know has taken the best bucks of their lives so far since AR's.
Licensed hunter rates were declining before Ar's, and has little to do with it. That is a country wide trend.
If the one day a year hunter quits over AR's, he wasn't much of a hunter to begin with.
Less deer means less deer. You must hunt more, or actually hunt to begin with.
And finally, who cares about your rabble Deaddeer, Blah, blah, blah..
Go shoot a button buck or three.