If Alt preferred a spread restriction he would have tried to implement it, but he didn't. Instead he choose APRs and lied about their effects. He mis represented the results from the research done in Miss, which proved ARs caused a decrease in rack size and make ridiculous claims abot the number of buck that would be saved and how it would double or triple the number of 8 pts.
Lies lies lies!! Alt said many times that he preferred a spread restriction but that he recommended a point count as more workable on a statewide basis where
any antler restriction implemented on such a broad basis was going to involve a substantial learning curve. Simply put, a point count was more likely to be feasible at first.
At this point, IMHO, it would make sense to go to a spread restriction but even now, 6 years after AR, I encountered an out of state hunter proudly dragging a
2x2 out in 2F on opening day this year. The oh sh!t look on his face when I told him his buck was illegal shows that there are still hunters out there that have difficulty handling any AR let alone able to judge a spread measurement. (BTW, he seemed sincere when he agreed to turn in the mistake and pay his $25)
The Miss results are flawed at best and have virtually no relevance in PA. Miss was haervesting less than 2 does PSMduring the study period under significantly different density and habitat than Pennsylvania.
Alt did make the hugely misleading statenment "more and bigger bucks" but you arebeing even more disingenuos by claiming he said he would "double or triple" the number of 8 points. You can't provide one quote where he said that.