While that may be a no brainer for you , 61K hunters didn't have the opportunity to make that choice since they didn't get a buck due to AR and they just might disagree with you . Furthermore , since the PGC didn't publish a breakdown of the harvest by points ,we don't know how many additional 8 pts. were added by AR. But, we do know it only increased the 2.5+ harvest by 9.4 K.

Remember , the deer in the study had supplemental feed , but our deer don't ,so our average 2.5 buck will not be an 8 pt. IMHO, 60% of our 2.5 buck will be less than 8 pts. since the most buck are saved by AR in the poorest habitat.