Originally Posted by
Grawlix
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The real problem here is scoring. The system is kinda weighted in favor toward those of us who are fortunate enough to hunt on private land and harvest primarily, or exclusively, bucks with more than minimal racks.
That isn't unfair; most of us would rather shoot a big ol' mossy antlered monster than a 60-pound fawn.
But the reality for some of our members is that they get one shot, and one shot only, per season, at a legal deer, and that deer isn't always (or even very often) a deer with a ginormous (or even extant) rack.
When you look at the team results over the years, including this year, this observation, with all due respect, doesn't hold water. Most teams through the years only have several scoring buck, regardless of size. It's generally not the size, of the rack, it's the amount of racks that would make a difference. I dare say many of us are passing on younger, smaller bucks, and as we all know, this often leads to no bucks. Look how few contestants even register does.
I still say IMHO, leave it be.