RE: ARs must be working
I think a lot of people look over the fact that many deer might have been passed just due to the fact that hunters were unable to identify whether it has 3 points or not. Just because it was legal last year does not mean it would have been killed. Hunters now have to take more time to identify their target than in years past making for more lost opportunities. Also, most of the objective to AR is to harvest more does as well and that seems to be working too from I understand. Overall, the one fact that will hopefully make AR more successful in PA than it has been in other states is that hunters can only harvest one buck. I think any time you can save any additonal percentage of the buck population and build a better age structure while harvesting more does and bringing your buck to daoe ratio closer you are taking a step in the right direction. We'll see what happens in years to come....TGK