Hey DD, Congrats bud! Yer now a nontypical! 500 posts! See, ya gotta be around awhile to grow the big rack
While it is true that the occassional spike may surpass a 1.5 ,8 pt. at maturuity , you can't produce one study that shows that the average spike will equal or surpass the avg. 1.5 8 pt.
dont need to. we just need to understand that none can reach their potential if they get snuffed as adolescents.
That means many hunters in PA that harvest a 2.5+ buck won't even realize they harvested a 2.5+ deer and will not attribute it to the effects of AR.
Only the uneducated ones
That in itself explains why a significant number of hunters oppose the continuation of AR.
Guess it depends on your definition of significant is.....even in the face of a vast majority I guess the minority could still be considered significant by some.
In the wisdom of old slick Willie, I guess it gets back to what your definition of "is" is