less deer equals l-e-s-s d-e-e-r. Get it?
less deer equals b-e-t-t-e-r q-u-a-l-i-t-y h-a-b-i-t-a-t. Get it?
Less deer equals b-e-t-t-e-r b-a-l-a-n-c-e with other species. Get it?
Less does equals b-e-t-t-e-r b-u-c-k/d-o-e ratio. Get it?
Less doe equals more n-a-t-u-r-a-l b-r-e-e-d-i-n-g c-o-m-p-e-t-i-t-i-o-n. Get it?
Fer cryin out loud, we are only going into our third year of AR!
Yes the buck kill dropped the first year because we couldnt shoot a lot of em. The second year weather was very much a factor in the lower kill. Maybe not the ONLY factor, but a significant one to be sure.
From the start, Alt said this was going to be trial and error till they got it right.
I swear some of you guys are just like those in this country that said they understood that the war on terror was going to take awhile but began to whine when it wasnt over in 6 weeks!