Okay, First, I DON'T WANT THIS TO TURN INTO A BASH ALT OR BASH PEOPLE WHO DON'T SUPPORT ALT topic.

I simply want to know what you think about antler restrictions/baiting/smaller management units/cutting the population in half.....

I want to know if you feel it will be a short term or long term effect.

I am right in between the cases. I can see how the antler restrictions would help save SOME of the younger bucks, but it won't save the majority of them. I can see how small mangement units would be useful, but it will come with a huge price tag. I can see how cutting hte population in half could make some of the over populated areas better, but there are spots where there isn't an over population too, so what will happen to those areas. I can see how the early rifle/muzzleloader season will help kill off does before breeding, but it does make the time for archers in the woods less enjoyable. I don't see the point of bringing in crossbows, if they are legallized, fine, but I just don't see the point. I can see allowing people to bait because it will help kill off the herd a litte more, but there is always the chance of diseases being spread. I can see how having a buck/doe tag would be better than our system now, but there are draw backs to that too. I just want to know what you feel about these proposals. Like I said before, NO BASHING, lets TRY to keep this civil, you guys know who you are.

Good Luck This Season: Buck Magnet
P.S. Only Chuck Adams can sit at home and see deer so get into the woods. =;^)