RE: PA antler restriction
Sproul,
I kind of agree with you for once, but where we differ is creating rules around outlaws. I'd like ot see more enforcement & people turning in poachers and those that circumvent the rules. But with an already under funded PGC the increased enforcement isnt likely to happen.
Laws can only go so far, it is up to the mindset of the people to carry things a bit farther. The C&R movement in fishing has had way more success than the thought of passing on a legal but small/young buck in the hunting. With the mindset of the Average PA hunter, it will be a LONG time before that way of thinking is broken.
And as for the other debate with the more & bigger bucks statement....In places where the herd reduction has not been dramatically implemented, that statement holds a ton of truth. Granted those places are few & far between, but I have seen the numbers of big bucks jump.