#1790416 - 02/15/10 03:15 PM
Proof that it will work in TENNESSEE....
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gator-n-buck
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I have seen threads dealing with buck limits for several years on this site now. I have never seen proof that going to a one buck or 2 buck limit would improve the age structure or antlers of the bucks in TN. I know everybody has an opinion but does anybody have any proof that lowering the regs. from a three buck limit would improve age structure or antlers (TN).
I don't want to hear that this state has done it and it has worked. That would be like comparing the size of bass caught in FL to the ones that are caught in TN. No matter what we do, the bass in FL will always grow bigger than the bass in TN. Thats just the way it is.....
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#1790443 - 02/15/10 03:27 PM
Re: Proof that it will work in TENNESSEE....
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mathews338
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the problem is that you have no proof that it wouldn't work either
TN got alot better when they lowered the buck limit before and it would be no different now
the lower the buck limit is ,the more that survive to reach maturity and the greater the chance for everyone to get one
COMMON LOGIC
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#1790447 - 02/15/10 03:28 PM
Re: Proof that it will work in TENNESSEE....
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I dont now how you could have "proof" of a state wide reg would,or would not work if it hasnt been tried.I would guess that it wouldnt have a big effect on overall buck numbers since it has been stated on here ad nauseum that most hunters dont kill 3,or even 2.I killed 0,1 miss and many passes to young bucks.
That being said,I cant see how it wouldnt improve age structure,at least in a small way,seems impossible that it wouldnt.
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#1790478 - 02/15/10 03:47 PM
Re: Proof that it will work in TENNESSEE....
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BTW ,didnt TWRA more or less say ,lets see what happens,when they changed to a longer gun,yes a MZL is a gun,season.Where was the "proof" that it would or would not work?
I havent read up on the numbers,but I beleive it was a wash with the year before.
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#1790563 - 02/15/10 04:40 PM
Re: Proof that it will work in TENNESSEE....
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why wouldnt it work???????????????
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#1790574 - 02/15/10 04:44 PM
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It seems to me that being forced to let more bucks walk would have to directly translate to more bucks living longer, thus more mature bucks. Aside from all the other things that come into play here, I don't see how that's not a given
I don't hunt tennessee and don't have a preference, but it seems to be fairly reasonable that a one buck limit would have to mean bigger older bucks...at least until over population began to have an affect.
I don't see how whether it would work or not is an issue. How could it not work? On that same note....if you couldn't kill a buck at all, that would mean even more older mature bucks wouldn't it?
Edited by vabuckbuster (02/15/10 04:49 PM)
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#1790588 - 02/15/10 04:47 PM
Re: Proof that it will work in TENNESSEE....
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mathews338
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why wouldnt it work??????????????? Why wouldn't increasing the buck limit to 6(2 for archery, 2 for MZ and 2 for gun)work also?
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#1790593 - 02/15/10 04:50 PM
Re: Proof that it will work in TENNESSEE....
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Beekeeper
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why wouldnt it work??????????????? Why wouldn't increasing the buck limit to 6(2 for archery, 2 for MZ and 2 for gun)work also? give me rights to hunt your farm and i'll show you why it wouldn't work 
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What about you can only kill 2 and one has to be atleast 750 yards or further? 
