ORIGINAL: bluebird2
as you MATURE as hunter,sort of like AR program, letting buck MATURE he gets tougher to get.
as you MATURE as hunter, you need challenge,shooting doe or fawn when there are few is not good sportsmanship and its not challenge anyhow.
so, MATURE hunter passes on doe/fawns and small bucks, like under six point.
to do otherwise for MATURE hunter,would be DISGRACE in his or hers life.
I agree you are not being smart , but you are also not thinking rationally. I am definitely a mature hunter with over 50 years of hunting under my belt. I went through the trophy hunting phase and have all the mounts I want on my walls. I've passed on my share of bucks , but now all I want is a fair chance to fill my buck tag based on the standards we had from when I started hunting until 2002, when they decided to favor the trophy hunters, simply to get the majority of hunters to shoot more doe and BB.
You, like many others are trying to force your standards on all the hunters of PA so you have a better chance of harvesting a bigger buck. But we are now harvesting fewer 2.5+ buck than we did in 2002 , so nobody wins under the current plan.
i was not in favor of HR in WMU2G.
i was very vocal about this and even was threaten and had to change my phone no. to unlisted.
i was even BOOED at meeting that pgc set up by farmers, dcnr wannabees,meat hunters.
so, i did not get my way also.
i also stated that AR will not work if juniors can kill a spike and others usings kids tags.
sooooooooooooo, i now have another group that does not like sproule,s comments as now they are using junior tag to get that meat AND THEY ARE USING IT VERY WELL.
when you see 7 buck and 2 doe killed by a crew of adults,none were over 4 points,most spikes,loading truck with kids so that tags can be used, NO WAY THE AR is going to work.
