Thanks for the nice pics of a good buck. But, since this buck had obvious potential at 1.5 , it doesn't tell us anything about how the average spike would develop. Before ARs 18% of our 2.5 buck weren't AR legal with a 3 pt. restriction and now it's probably over 20%.

While saving bucks sounds like a fine idea it comes with a high price, If ARs just protect 30K buck it reduces the total sustainable harvest by over 30K and the more buck that are saved the lower the harvest will be in a stable herd.