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Old 10-15-2004 | 01:34 PM
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Default RE: PA- Who has shot BB and will you in the future?

Are we doing the impossible...YES, (according to you)
Is it impossible? ..................NO, (according to me, and the facts)

I never said it was impossible to reduce the percentage of BB in the anterless harvest. What I said was that saving BB only delays the inevitable decline in the buck harvest by one year , because it accelerates the rate at which we harvest adult doe ,which decreases breeding rates and recruitment so fewer BB will be born.

In 2003 we reduced the BB harvest by 9K and increased the adult doe harvest by 22.4 K ,which will result in a decrease in 39K fewer fawns and 19.5K fewer BB. So the long term effect of saving 9 K BB in 2003 was 19.5 K fewer BB in 2004 . therefore, there is no way that saving BB will keep up with the accerlate decline in BB production caused by shooting more adukt doe.
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