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12-15-2011 | 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by scribe

In some states there is a battle going on to impose antler restrictions or reduce buck bag limits. If there is no biological reason for doing so, then that would impose the hunting philosophy of the minority on the majority. The majorit of deer hunters do not specifically "trophy" hunt and as a license buyer, they have an equal right to the deer and should not be penalized in order for others to attempt to increase antler size.

I best hush. I am about to start on one of my tangents.

Must be the spring-like day we are having.

Interesting that you bring this up. In Vt about 5 years ago they rammed AR down our throats saying it was for the betterment of the herd and the gene pool. We weren't the first or last to move that way but in the past year it has been brought to our attention by the biologists that saving the spikes just might be working opposite to the original plan from a gene pool perspective. I wish they would make up their minds...since they are the trained professionals. Most in state hunters are meat hunters for the most part.

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