Food for thought here.


Has anyone here heard the term "managment buck"?

It probably originated in Texas. We've all seen those big racks on those hunting shows.

It seems that here in PA, we do everything bass akwards.

In Texas, they shoot the inferior bucks and let the bucks with potential grow.

Here in PA, we shoot the nicer bucks and let the smaller ones grow.

If you had two yearling bucks, one carrying 8 points and one a spike, guess which one is legal in PA.

We kill the buck with better genes and allow the spike to continue on.

Now, I have to admit that there are nicer bucks in PA because they get to get older, but down the road, you have to wonder how things will be.

I'm not sure if the ranch owners in Texas would like the idea of shooting off all the huge racked bucks and letting small bucks walk.

Just imagine what it would be like if the PGC decided to change the rules. If they said that for the next 3 years, the only legal buck in Pa would be spikes and fork horns.Anything bigger is off limits.

What do you think PA's buck situation would be like after 3 years of this?