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<blockquote data-quote="AlanP" data-source="post: 755593" data-attributes="member: 1585"><p>Wes,</p><p></p><p>I do not believe the data supports your contention. If you look at the age data for President's Island, (from the big buck hunts) I don't think you can make a case that the best antlered bucks are killed out at 2 1/2.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Age.....2 1/2.....3 1/2.....4 1/2....5 1/2+</p><p></p><p>Year</p><p>2001......0..........5.........0..........0</p><p>2002......1..........2.........3..........1</p><p>2003......2..........5.........3..........2</p><p>2004......1..........2.........3..........7</p><p>2005......0..........1.........3..........3</p><p>2006......1..........3.........3..........2</p><p>2007......0..........4.........1..........2</p><p></p><p>Out of 60 bucks taken on the big buck hunts, only five have been 2 1/2 years old.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Again... Not at President's Island. Every yearling buck killed has been a <em>spike</em>. The 9-point rule has protected ALL branch-antlered yearlings. So far, the yearling harvests, on the spike buck hunts, have been:</p><p></p><p>......Yearling Spikes</p><p>2001.......6</p><p>2002.......2</p><p>2003.......2</p><p>2004.......2</p><p>2005.......2</p><p>2006.......1</p><p>2007.......1</p><p></p><p>I won't speak for Catoosa, because I do not look closely enough at Catoosa's data.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AlanP, post: 755593, member: 1585"] Wes, I do not believe the data supports your contention. If you look at the age data for President's Island, (from the big buck hunts) I don't think you can make a case that the best antlered bucks are killed out at 2 1/2. Age.....2 1/2.....3 1/2.....4 1/2....5 1/2+ Year 2001......0..........5.........0..........0 2002......1..........2.........3..........1 2003......2..........5.........3..........2 2004......1..........2.........3..........7 2005......0..........1.........3..........3 2006......1..........3.........3..........2 2007......0..........4.........1..........2 Out of 60 bucks taken on the big buck hunts, only five have been 2 1/2 years old. Again... Not at President's Island. Every yearling buck killed has been a [i]spike[/i]. The 9-point rule has protected ALL branch-antlered yearlings. So far, the yearling harvests, on the spike buck hunts, have been: ......Yearling Spikes 2001.......6 2002.......2 2003.......2 2004.......2 2005.......2 2006.......1 2007.......1 I won't speak for Catoosa, because I do not look closely enough at Catoosa's data. [/QUOTE]
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