But there is also no denying that the more bucks that are carried over,the more will be lost to non-hunting mortality and wasted,thereby directly reducing the future buck harvests.
That may be true, but non hunting mortality (winter kills & coyote kills)is almostalways fawns, so not shooting 1 1/2 year old bucks will not increaseadult (over 1 1/2 years) mortality much.