RE: Antler restrictions: another view
NJB
The problem I see with allowing "any buck" in certain areas is the same reason I agree with what's being done. It allows the immature bucks to continue to be the ones to reproduce. The buck doe ratio would stay out of whack unless the doe #'s killed were really high.
As for those guys happy with any deer, why isn't a doe or two as good as that spike or forkie? Ive seen guys proud as can be with a spike and thats ok. Whats not ok is that same guy saying "at least I didn't have to settle for a doe" and that is a common mentality in Pa. One that I believe is just beginning to change, thanks, in part, to Gary Alt.