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<blockquote data-quote="fairchaser" data-source="post: 4544482" data-attributes="member: 10373"><p>Mike, i agree that this year looks pretty bad when you look st the boards but before we start increasing fines let's think about some things. We've only killed 31 bucks total for 18000 acres. That's only 10% of the buck population! If management blames us for killing all the future good bucks, I don't believe it. How many of us have good bucks on camera that haven't hit the concrete? Out of my group of four hunters, we have pics of 9 shooters that are still walking. They are out there. We just can't kill them because we have educated the heck out of them. Never underestimate the whitetail's ability to escape a hunter. The staff used to say Ames hunters cast a fine net over the deer at Ames and not much gets through. Not any more! The hunting pressure is very intense and even the does are catching on. </p><p></p><p>Is it possible that we've killed so many does and made them so afraid that we have also hurt our chances at shooter bucks? Fewer buck chases, fewer shot opportunities. Hunters get desperate and shoot something too small. There are many veterans on the bad and ugly boards too. You can increase the fines and that will help hunters stay off the trigger some but how many years will a hunter go with no buck before they get fed up and leave. I already know of one whose not coming back. It's not me btw.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fairchaser, post: 4544482, member: 10373"] Mike, i agree that this year looks pretty bad when you look st the boards but before we start increasing fines let’s think about some things. We’ve only killed 31 bucks total for 18000 acres. That’s only 10% of the buck population! If management blames us for killing all the future good bucks, I don’t believe it. How many of us have good bucks on camera that haven’t hit the concrete? Out of my group of four hunters, we have pics of 9 shooters that are still walking. They are out there. We just can’t kill them because we have educated the heck out of them. Never underestimate the whitetail’s ability to escape a hunter. The staff used to say Ames hunters cast a fine net over the deer at Ames and not much gets through. Not any more! The hunting pressure is very intense and even the does are catching on. Is it possible that we’ve killed so many does and made them so afraid that we have also hurt our chances at shooter bucks? Fewer buck chases, fewer shot opportunities. Hunters get desperate and shoot something too small. There are many veterans on the bad and ugly boards too. You can increase the fines and that will help hunters stay off the trigger some but how many years will a hunter go with no buck before they get fed up and leave. I already know of one whose not coming back. It’s not me btw. [/QUOTE]
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