Originally Posted by ballbusta

I have been hunting Sterling Forest for the past 10 plus years I have taken and seen a couple of very good bucks taken out of the park . I filled out the survey last year and opted to be invited to the meeting which I was but could not make it due to being on vacation. I will agree that over the past couple of years the number of idiots has grown to the point of becoming dangerious if it does not accomplish anything else maybe it will require hunters to take time and actually see what they are shooting instead of pulling the trigger at any sign of movement . I recieved the letter with my license renewal where it states that the details of the AR will be sent with the license it is not listed in the letter I received also it is not the entire park under these restrictions and hunters under 17 will be exempt

Originally Posted by jcchartboy

I applaud the states move...they asked hunters what they wanted..they got a response...they listened..and implemented a solid action plan.

As for the comments about seeing spikes and forks after AR's went into effect someplace in the area....one has absolutely zero to do with the other!

AR's are not likely to increase the average size of yearling antlers in any free ranging deer herds in the Northeast whatsoever, and certainly not within the first few generations of bucks that are harvested under the programs.

Most importantly whether a yearling is a spike or fork has very little correlation to the bucks genetic potential to grow a rack far in excess of the average size of those currently harvested in non AR areas with free ranging deer in NY, NJ etc.

JC