AR's in SRA's were initially kept at the old antiquated standard but they were brought up to the statewide standards after feedback from hunters overwhelmingly supported them.
I am not the least bit surprised that you would support a decision that over ruled the advice of the trained deer management professionals. Trophy hunters will support whatever it takes make harvesting a trophy easier,while claiming they are superior to the average hunter. It makes absolutely no sense to have a protected class of deer in areas where the primary goal of deer management is to reduce the herd to 6 DPSM or less.