Apparently you forgot that Alt continued to make his predictions about the effects of ARs long after junior hunters were exempted from the effects of ARs. His claim about more and larger bucks appeared in the Hunting Digest until 2008.

Furthermore, even if some parents are using their kids tag to harvest non-AR legal buck, the PGC is still claiming that ARs are protecting 50% of the 1.5 yr. buck, which is what Alt predicted. You may or may not have a problem in your area,it definitely is not a statewide problem and it is not the reason why ARs failed to double the number of 8 pts.