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2 buck limit question from WV
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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 5629760" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>The problem with saying a particular regulation improved the buck age structure is that nothing happens in a vacuum. Yes, regulations change periodically. But so does hunter behavior. So which caused a change in local buck age structure, the change in regulations or the change in hunter behavior? Or did neither cause the change, and the change is simply due to an increase in local buck numbers, meaning the same harvest numbers are actually taking a smaller percentage of what bucks exist, hence more bucks survive hunting season and buck age structure improves?</p><p></p><p>We hunters are an aging population. As we age we tend to become more selective. I remember the days not so long ago when limiting out on bucks was the goal of many hunters. Now what do we see/hear/read on this site? Hunters are tired of fooling with processing a bunch of deer. All they really want is at least one good buck a year, and in a rare year, two good bucks. <strong>That change in behavior alone is guaranteed to improve the buck age structure</strong>, regardless of changes in regulations.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 5629760, member: 17"] The problem with saying a particular regulation improved the buck age structure is that nothing happens in a vacuum. Yes, regulations change periodically. But so does hunter behavior. So which caused a change in local buck age structure, the change in regulations or the change in hunter behavior? Or did neither cause the change, and the change is simply due to an increase in local buck numbers, meaning the same harvest numbers are actually taking a smaller percentage of what bucks exist, hence more bucks survive hunting season and buck age structure improves? We hunters are an aging population. As we age we tend to become more selective. I remember the days not so long ago when limiting out on bucks was the goal of many hunters. Now what do we see/hear/read on this site? Hunters are tired of fooling with processing a bunch of deer. All they really want is at least one good buck a year, and in a rare year, two good bucks. [B]That change in behavior alone is guaranteed to improve the buck age structure[/B], regardless of changes in regulations. [/QUOTE]
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