Naturally you will get bigger bucks shot if you don't allow the small ones to get shot. My point is how does this benefit the herd anymore than having hunters shoot ANY buck like before and also allow the shooting of does where needed? It absolutely makes NO difference. The BS from the game departments that AR's benefit the deer herd is simply nothing but BS! It was only implemented to make trophy hunters happier, everything else is nonsense made to look like there was some biological reasons behind it NOT to make the non-hunting public think that the states were managing deer only for trophy hunters. I am not condemning those who enjoy hunting for trophies here, but only seperating the truth from fiction.