It wasAlt who pointed out... way back.... at the begining..... when all this started.... AR's were not goiung to be put in place the first year for just that reason. It would go against trying to reduce the herd which was the number one goal.
AR was not implemented the first year,2000 and the herd increased by 1.6%. AR was not implemented in year two, 2001 and the herd increased by 1.6% ,AR was implemented in the third year ,2002 and the herd increased by 1.6%.
Alt said before Ar could be implemented we had to harvest 70 K additional doe to make room for the 38K bucked saved by AR. We shot 16K less anterless in 2001 than we did in 2000 ,but Alt implemeneted AR in 2002 anyway and the herd increased by 1.6%. So AR added additional deer to the overbrowsed habitat,the exact thing HR was implemented to avoid.
Then he compounded the insanity by implementing AR in SRA counties. Sounds like dumb and dumber to me.