RE: how many won't hunt PA again bc/ of ar's?
In WV we don't have AR but I pass up 15-20 yearling bucks a year because I hunt for meat. We have been weighing deer for the last 12 years and I have never seen a yearling buck, not even an 8 point yearling, that weighed over 105 #. But our 3-4 year old does all weigh over 110#. Anyone who says they are just shootin that little buck for meat is shortchanging themselves because they would be getting more meat from an adult doe. I pay 58$ to get my deer cut up this year. That's for a 45# doe fawn or a 160# buck. Thats one reason I shoot adult does and bucks is to get my monies worth from the butcher. I would never take an eighty five pound spike if I was REALLY hunting for meat.