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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 2111449" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>Antler Restrictions not only don't work in most locations, they can cause real biological problems. It is MUCH easier to teach hunters how to identify the difference between yearling and 2 1/2 year-old buck than it is to create an Antler Restriction that actually works <em>well</em>.</p><p></p><p>And I'm talking about a private property or club. States SHOULD NOT be involved in regulating the age of harvested bucks on a region or statewide basis unless it is abslutely biologically necessary (and this situation RARELY occurs in the Southeast--it is primarily a northern state problem due to extremely high hunter densities). Now if a State Agency wants to set up specific WMAs as "older buck" harvest areas, that's fine.</p><p></p><p>Mistakes will happen under any system. As long as mistakes make up only a small percentage of the harvest, don't worry about them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 2111449, member: 17"] Antler Restrictions not only don't work in most locations, they can cause real biological problems. It is MUCH easier to teach hunters how to identify the difference between yearling and 2 1/2 year-old buck than it is to create an Antler Restriction that actually works [i]well[/i]. And I'm talking about a private property or club. States SHOULD NOT be involved in regulating the age of harvested bucks on a region or statewide basis unless it is abslutely biologically necessary (and this situation RARELY occurs in the Southeast--it is primarily a northern state problem due to extremely high hunter densities). Now if a State Agency wants to set up specific WMAs as "older buck" harvest areas, that's fine. Mistakes will happen under any system. As long as mistakes make up only a small percentage of the harvest, don't worry about them. [/QUOTE]
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