" If you are hunting " FAIR CHASE" and abiding by all the rules and regulations of the state wildlife dept. and kill a record class buck, then it should be elgible for entry into the book that has been established as the standard for recording record class deer........
If the P&Y club doesn' t want to change the let-off rule, because they just don' t want to change it FINE....but, don' t tell me the reason is because its " an unfair advantage" ...there in lies the problem. If they had some sound reason for the rule I could understand it, sorry the reason they gave me just doesn' t fly!
I am very grateful for the Pope and Young Club, and the fine job it has done over the years preserving and recording world class animals, so we can all admire and aspire. I hope their commitment to ethics in hunting will override their stubborness to hold on to the past....... "

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I noticed that the above statement was easily passed over but is prob. the best post in the bunch. I don' t know who really thinks that a 80% letoff will allow you to shoot more record book bucks than a 65% but if you do then you are mistaken. I never had a buck care which bow I was shooting. As for the change if it comes about, many of you are right the Beatty buck being shot with a high let off bow will be the reason why the change is made. Not because they want the biggest buck in thier book but because they don' t want to lose out on the $$$$!!!!

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" Since I' m already mud here, I' ll go even further and say what I really think about this. What I' d like to know, if Beatty had taken that buck with an old Bear Whitetail Hunter, would there be any of this outrage over the rule? Of course not. But he took it with a Mathews (hmmm... Matt McPherson AGAIN) and the Mathews cult has gone bonkers over it. And those of you not in the cult have fallen into formation and goose stepped right along with them. "

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Seems to me the same organization you are defending is falling right in behind as well. They don' t want to lose out on the money. They know how many members they are losing by keeping the rule. They know how much money that is and they want it. Do I blame them? Hell no, go get it because they will use it in an american way to line the pockets of thier board members, along with doing some good for us hunters. But don' t be stupid about the arguments because it all comes down to the money and how much goes into thier pockets. P&Y are not any better or worse than any other organization out there right now. They want to make money and that is the bottom line. If you don' t believe that then just wait for the vote and you will know then. There is no reason to change the rule if they were not in it for the money.

You know what I don' t blame them.