Seems to me that since AR started, a couple of years later the butcher shops and newspapers were full of larger racked bucks than ever before. That is not just conjecture on my part....That is the way it is. Don't tell me it's not working.
That is not the way to measure the success or failure of ARs. ARs were not implemented to produce more big buck ,at least according to the PGC. They were implemented to reduce late breeding, improve the breeding rates and improve productivity . Breeding rates and productivity has declined and the breeding period has remained unchanged, so ARs are not working as you claim they are.