I must say that it takes an incredible amount of gall to claim that you have a better understanding of Miss than the most respected wildilfe biologist of our time.
It doesn't take gall it just takes more knowledge and being objective. I have been following what Miss. has been doing for many years and know for a fact that Dr. Demarias attributed the decrease in rack sizes in Miss. to high grading and not to a change in the gene pool . Furthermore Dr. Demarias did not base his conclusions on the theory that spikes are inferior and the fact that Kroll made that claim shows that he didn't take the time to research the facts regarding Miss. ARs.
Your position has been one of constant criticism of the current management without any positive input. I don't necessarily blame you for the lack of positive input because I realize that haven't the knowledge or expertise to provide any positive better ideas. You cling to the discredited (by his fellow biologists) findings of one wildlife manager as part of your "position" I think I'll hang with the majority. Just because you can't accept the fact that more responsible game management is now the goal doesnt make you right.
I may not be an expert ,but I have enough knowledge and experience to read the articles by the so called experts and point out their flaws and contradictions. The reasons Kroll cited for supporting ARs were laughable at best and ridiculous at their worst. Alsheimers article recommended a doe harvest of 29 DPSM while in the same article stating that most habitats can support 35-40 DPSM. Kroll also claimed PA had shown,"some amazing results" which is also laughable when you consider their is no data that shows ARs increased the rack sizes of 2.5+ buck and that we are harvesting fewer 2.5+ buck than we did in 2002.