RE: Antler restrictions on you land
I own 400 acres in central WV. We started antler restrictions before they were so "popular". We used to shoot only 3 per side or better. You must realize that this is central WV...there aren't 130" deer behind every tree.
Before the restrictions...we killed one over 140", and3 over 120", and a neighboring landowner killed a 167" buck. (It's really high on the WV list of B&C bucks)
We did this for nearly 8 years...and noticed ZERO improvement in deer herd quality. Now I am stumped........................................
It seems that our adult deer are growing 110" racks, and that's it. I'm not complaining, but antler restrictions aren't all they are cracked up to be if you have "mountain deer" that don't have acres of protein to munch on.
All that said...a 110" buck in WV is 5X harder to kill with a bow than a 130" deer in Ohio.