To answer the Antler restriction question.... We drive in antler restriction areas... We only shoot if it's clearly a legal buck. That means some small 6 and 7s go by... Sometimes a couple people pass them and someone down the line has a better look at it and gets it. But only shoot if it's clearly a legal buck. Typically that means 8 or better. We chase allot of small bucks around that just go trotting right by. I passed a small buck a couple years back that I thought was a 4 point. It ran down past my cousin and he shot and I thought "Great, we just shot an illegal buck." When I walked down there he had a nice little 5 point on the ground. It came past him, stopped and looked at him and he saw it had a brow tine, making it legal. Same as any other type of hunting. If you can't verify it's legal, we don't shoot.


In our area it's a 3 point area. 3 points on one side makes it legal. This is easier than a 4 point or "3 up" area in my opinion. All you have to look for is a legal brow tine with a forked main beam. That's not usually too hard to tell if it's legal or not. In a 4 point or "3 up" area, you actually have to count to verify.
-Jake