2 years after the AR went into affect we did start seeing bigger horn bucks,so you said 2002,that would be 2004.
in 2006 i saw real nice bucks,then in 2007,last year,i saw LESS bucks, and only few real large racks.
this year, so far has been TERRIBLE here in WMU2G IN CLINTON COUNTY.
I HAVE NOT SEEN ABUCK.
I BLAME THIS TO THE brown its down with kids tag groups.
i feel they are killing most small bucks which is reducing the large rack bucks numbers.also coyotes and the fawn killer hunters are too.
i seen more small bucks killed last year in clinton county than i did in 2004,2005,2006.
actually more small bucks than doe,like 1 gang had 7 spikes and 2 doe.
they had 7 kids in crew of 20 hunters, so, they got 7 spikes.
if we dont stop the AR exemption for kids, its not going to work.
if stopped,i believe that the number of hunters would INCREASE bigtime,you would have older buck,out of state lic sales would go up a lot.
of course, the BROWN ITS DOWN CREWS WITH KIDS TAG would now have to LOOK at horns, no more shooting and calling on radio or waiting for drive to be over so kid tag can be on the little buck and i believe the comment,I HAVE A FREEZER FULL OF MEAT SPROUL would end.
dont for 1 minute think that this AR rule is not being abused,it is and we should be real mad over it.[:@]
time to stop it,make it AR for all.
as paul harvey said,GOOD DAY!