It is really pathetic when a know-it -all like you isn't even smart enough to use the data from the AWR correctly. in 2001 22% of 78% of the buck harvested were 1.5 buck, not 82% as you claimed. Furthermore,before any bucks were saved by ARs the 2.5+ buck harvest was 32% of the buck harvest .
Wrong again skippy!
I quoted directly from the AWR and you are simply putting your warped spin on it because you don't like the results. Here is a direst copy and paste right from the AWR
Table 5. Number of antlered deer aged, age composition of harvests, and approximate number of 2.5-year-old and older males harvested in Pennsylvania, 1997-98 to 2008-09. Three and 4-point antler restrictions started in 2002-03. Percentages may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding.
Year
n
% 1.5-year-old males
% 2.5-year-old and older males
No. of 2.5-year-old and older males harvested
1997-98
18,563
81
19
33,600
1998-99
21,350
81
19
34,500
1999-00
20,011
80
20
38,900
2000-01
22,145
82
18
36,600
2001-02
18,893
78
22
44,700
2002-03
11,688
68
32
52,900
2003-04
11,367
56
44
62,600
2004-05
10,555
50
50
62,000
2005-06
9,062
52
48
57,800
2006-07
10,819
56
44
59,500
2007-08
8,014
56
44
48,000
2008-09
9,357
52
48
59,200
The rest of what I used was also taken IN CONTEXT straight from the report. Sorry if it bothers you read the real facts without your twists.