ORIGINAL: bigbulls
Power, what are the powers that be thinking with a plan like that?
That goes against every single game management program I have ever heard of. Why in the world would a wildlife department want to kill the bulls off before they reach maturity? Here we have a 4 point minimum in most of the GMU's. It keeps the young bulls protected and allows them to grow up and breed.
I think you guys need to get some new people to run the show around there.
No kidding. It's so screwed up, they do the opposite for deer. 3 point min. for any bucks. I don't know what they are thinking. Something about only the mature bulls do most of the breeding so they are thinking the ones that make it through do help the population. Not sure if that holds true then what about the deer?