this is quite possibly the most worthless thread I've seen on here due to a combination of inadequate sampling and incorrect assumption in what you are trying to prove.

Let me put it to you like this...

If EVERY single hunter in the state who harvested a buck killed their 3 buck limit, guess what the statwide average would be???




The answer would be 1.5 bucks/hunter on average, since 50% of the hunters out there never kill a single buck. There's your most accurate average.

So, in other words, we could go to a 10 buck/ yr limit and still have those who harvest a buck kill 10 per year (as long as 90% of the population does not kill a single buck) and we'd still average out 1 buck/person/yr.

A liberal limit on bucks ASSUMES and RELIES on the fact that half of the hunters won't kill a buck at all. In fact, it REQUIRES that half the hunters don't kill a buck at all, and a majority of the others restrict themselves to prevent an overharvest of the resource.

So, sure, a 3 buck limit is just fine- as long as you are the one killing the 3 bucks and your neighbors aren't.

In a sense. Even though TWRA sets a bag limit, we are intelligent enough (believe it or not) to know, in reality, most hunters will not "kill the bag limit."

The same thing with a lot of quota hunts. In most instances, we know only 50% of the hunters drawn will show up. So, if you want 100 hunters, you set the quota at 200. There is no "bag limit" for trappers. That does not mean that one trapper will catch every raccoon in the state in one night. It's just not gonna happen. There are limits, and there is reality. The trick is to set the limits to achieve the reality you want.

this is quite possibly the most worthless thread I've seen on here due to a combination of inadequate sampling and incorrect assumption in what you are trying to prove.

Let me put it to you like this...

If EVERY single hunter in the state who harvested a buck killed their 3 buck limit, guess what the statwide average would be???




The answer would be 1.5 bucks/hunter on average, since 50% of the hunters out there never kill a single buck. There's your most accurate average.

So, in other words, we could go to a 10 buck/ yr limit and still have those who harvest a buck kill 10 per year (as long as 90% of the population does not kill a single buck) and we'd still average out 1 buck/person/yr.

A liberal limit on bucks ASSUMES and RELIES on the fact that half of the hunters won't kill a buck at all. In fact, it REQUIRES that half the hunters don't kill a buck at all, and a majority of the others restrict themselves to prevent an overharvest of the resource.

So, sure, a 3 buck limit is just fine- as long as you are the one killing the 3 bucks and your neighbors aren't.

3 for me
1 4.5
2 3.5
but not all in TN

I guess only states with liberal buck limits produce young hunters.