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Alt also ask hunters to protect BB and small deer and guess what happened.

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If Alt wanted to decimate the herd and use hunters as the uninformed hitmen, because he was on the take to the timber companies and others as you guys claim, why would he ask hunters to pass on BB?

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"Kill a doe and the herd won't grow"......

I never heard anyone but you say "kill a BB and the herd won't grow"

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Once again you ignore that the choice was to harvest 1 mature doe and 6 BB or just harvest 1 mature due. We did not target BB and we would have preferrd that all the deer we harvested were all mature doe or adult buck since we enjoy eating venison .

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I am willing to do what I believe to be right for the long haul good for all. Get on board with what you claim are your beliefs, pass on the BB's, and if you need meat that bad, come and see me.

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In many areas our whitetail herds are not being properly managed. Do your part to remove does and let young bucks walk. This will help recruit more males into the herd, which will in turn increase genetic diversity. The whitetail is one of the most genetically diverse game species on earth, and maintaining that diversity is key to a healthy herd.

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"Antler restrictions are not cure-alls for bad genetics or poor food source," says Larry Castle, deer program coordinator for the state of Mississippi. "Mississippi currently has a 4-point restriction statewide. In some areas we have seen substantial improvement, in others none at all. Generally, our concern is that we may be degrading future deer populations by the continued removal of the 'better' [larger-antlered] members of the yearling age-class."
Stephen Demarais, professor of Wildlife Management at Mississippi State University, concurs with Castle's opinion. After intensive monitoring of buck kill on the state's Sunflower WMA, his statistics show a decrease of 19 inches of antlers in the Boone and Crockett scores of 3 1/2-year-old bucks taken on the WMA since the 4-point rule was adopted. This is exactly the effect that some biologists predicted: Over time, the restrictive rule protects smaller-antlered yearlings and allows the harvest of larger-antlered yearlings.
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Note , Dr. Kroll says that we should let young bucks walk, he does not say that we should harvest the big young bucks and let the inferior young bucks survive. Remember also that Dr. Krolls research confirms that the avg. buck saved by AR will be smaller than the avg. 1.5 buck carried over without AR. Letting all young bucks walk will add to the genetic diversity ,but harvesting the best 1.5 buck and allowing the inferior 1.5 buck to survive will have a negative impact on the gene pool in the long term.

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