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Most importantly...the primary goal that the state unquestionably was championing was improving breeding ecology...Something they have been extremely successful in with the average size and age of the breeding bucks increasing dramatically.


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So are you telling us the younger bucks that are now protected through antler restrictions are not doing any breeding?? Whether a buck breeds with a doe when he is 1 1/2 years old or 3 1/2 years old makes absolutely NO difference. He will be passing on the same genetics no matter what age he is. This is all a bunch of mumbo jumbo that is trying to be sold, but the reality is that AR's do nothing but grow bucks a little bigger for those hunters who prefer to shoot a bigger racked buck over a smaller one. AR's don't make any difference to the herds health one little bit!