ORIGINAL: bluebird2
Dr Kroll did just that and your response was to say that he's biased
Kroll provided absolutely nothing to challenge the harvest data results from Miss. that showed rack sizes decreased Even Kroll's own research supports the theory of high grading which Dr. Demarais stated was responsible for the decrease in size.
explained, explained, and explained again
Lies , lies , lies and more lies. The sample size didn't drop by 50% in areas with high breeding rates or double in areas with low breeding rates. Both you and RSB have no clue what caused the 5% decrease in breeding rates.
First of all I don’t see anything in the Mississippi antler restrictions study or reports that are conclusive toward the antler restrictions being the cause of rack size declining. If you read the entire report they even admit that they can’t say that the antler restrictions were the cause because the study didn’t include any scientific controls.
It must also be recognized that there are many differences between both the antler restrictions and the season timing in relation to the breeding season between the two states.
I have included a link to the study for all to read and strongly encourage all to read it just to see how ole Bluebird tends to misrepresent what it does and doesn’t say.
http://msucares.com/pubs/publications/p2427.pdf
I am also going to provide a link to what Doctor Rosenberry points out concerning the differences between Mississippi’s study and the Pennsylvania antler restrictions.
http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/pgc/cwp/view.asp?a=465&q=159582&pp=12&n=1
R.S. Bodenhorn