RE: Ask for stricter AR in Pa 1/23
I like the AR's that PA has in place and the additional ones suggested here are an even better idea. Anyone who looks at the improvement in the size of the bigger bucks being tagged in PA over the last few years can see that it's working. I am one who has been wanting to see the same kind of restrictions implemented here in MD. Those of us that pass on the small, immature bucks -- wanting them to grow -- wouldn't have to worry that the hunters on the neighboring properties would likely shoot them anyway. I also like the idea of using buck tags for any male deer taken -- to include BB's. What to do with subsequent BB's taken after the buck tag is already used is a tricky question, but solutions will be possible -- fines are one possibility. Taking the extra deer through adult does isn't any problem whatsoever -- who wouldn't prefer a big doe over a small BB anyway?