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<blockquote data-quote="Mike Belt" data-source="post: 4381606" data-attributes="member: 69"><p>Winchester... I'll agree with fairchaser that I don't know much of anything management can do other than raise our minimum size limit. I don't see that happening nor would I want to. Above a 125" minimum may be getting into the realm of unrealistic hunting based on where we're located and it does give most of our hunters the opportunity at taking a buck. If we were in one of the Midwest states where 2.5 or 3.5 year old bucks were averaging 125" I'd feel differently. The thing we lack is a unified "mindset" across the board towards age. Rack size trumps age. Many of our bucks still might not exceed 125" at 4.5 but by the same token, many more would. Just speaking for myself, as a member of a club under a buck management program for the past 10+ years I feel like I'm hunting a buck population less than what it could be. Regardless of personally making a kill or not I'd feel much better seeing a few 140's and 150's brought into our checking station yearly as opposed to so many barely squeaking by our minimum. OK, rant over. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike Belt, post: 4381606, member: 69"] Winchester... I'll agree with fairchaser that I don't know much of anything management can do other than raise our minimum size limit. I don't see that happening nor would I want to. Above a 125" minimum may be getting into the realm of unrealistic hunting based on where we're located and it does give most of our hunters the opportunity at taking a buck. If we were in one of the Midwest states where 2.5 or 3.5 year old bucks were averaging 125" I'd feel differently. The thing we lack is a unified "mindset" across the board towards age. Rack size trumps age. Many of our bucks still might not exceed 125" at 4.5 but by the same token, many more would. Just speaking for myself, as a member of a club under a buck management program for the past 10+ years I feel like I'm hunting a buck population less than what it could be. Regardless of personally making a kill or not I'd feel much better seeing a few 140's and 150's brought into our checking station yearly as opposed to so many barely squeaking by our minimum. OK, rant over. ;) [/QUOTE]
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