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<blockquote data-quote="Ski" data-source="post: 5505413" data-attributes="member: 20583"><p>I dont bite off on the antler high grading. Its just not that singular. I'm not dismissing it as if it doesn't happen. I believe it happens everywhere and is not a TN specific issue, nor do i believe it prevents an entire region or state from producing big antlers.</p><p></p><p>I regularly hunt MO, WI, and OH. I know hunters in IA, IL, IN, etc. It's the same echo chamber everywhere about high grading, shooting superior young bucks. You blame the TN hunting culture while the big buck states blame out of state hunters. But yall have the same gripe. The difference is that they can and do produce giant racks, even just a few hundred yards away from here. The major difference I see is regulations. </p><p></p><p>I'll continue to keep an open mind but as of now I see zero reason west TN couldn't produce giants as big as anywhere. The loose, liberal regulations that cater to the masses of gun hunters is what I feel hinders that region of the state's trophy potential. Even if the cause is as you believe, a culture that shoots too many young studs, then that in itself arguably can be pointed directly at regulations that not only allow it but create an environment where it's easy. With a few reg changes TN I believe could be a trophy producer almost immediately. </p><p></p><p>The problem is that doing so would inevitably piss off a huge population of hunters....at least for awhile. But with the younger generation of hunters being more quality driven, and education on the subject more accessible to them, it's only a matter of time before it happens.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ski, post: 5505413, member: 20583"] I dont bite off on the antler high grading. Its just not that singular. I'm not dismissing it as if it doesn't happen. I believe it happens everywhere and is not a TN specific issue, nor do i believe it prevents an entire region or state from producing big antlers. I regularly hunt MO, WI, and OH. I know hunters in IA, IL, IN, etc. It's the same echo chamber everywhere about high grading, shooting superior young bucks. You blame the TN hunting culture while the big buck states blame out of state hunters. But yall have the same gripe. The difference is that they can and do produce giant racks, even just a few hundred yards away from here. The major difference I see is regulations. I'll continue to keep an open mind but as of now I see zero reason west TN couldn't produce giants as big as anywhere. The loose, liberal regulations that cater to the masses of gun hunters is what I feel hinders that region of the state's trophy potential. Even if the cause is as you believe, a culture that shoots too many young studs, then that in itself arguably can be pointed directly at regulations that not only allow it but create an environment where it's easy. With a few reg changes TN I believe could be a trophy producer almost immediately. The problem is that doing so would inevitably piss off a huge population of hunters....at least for awhile. But with the younger generation of hunters being more quality driven, and education on the subject more accessible to them, it's only a matter of time before it happens. [/QUOTE]
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