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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5656108" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>I think there may be several evolving dynamics coming into play, and as you so often say yourself, the circumstances are often site specific.</p><p></p><p>In your case, I believe you have one group of neighboring hunters doing significantly more deer hunting. This will increase antler high-grading for "your" bucks (which are perhaps really more "theirs" than "yours").</p><p></p><p>But then, you may have neighbors on your other sides doing progressively less deer hunting, and "less" QDM-type antler restrictions than say a decade ago. In fact, I will argue that deer hunting statewide has been steadily declining for over a decade, even though <u>in a minority of areas</u>, the number of hunters and their time afield has been increasing annually.</p><p></p><p>As much as I love true QDM, it typically leads to big increases in antler high-grading.</p><p>But now, we may be seeing "less" QDM type antler restrictions in large areas, even though many hunters are more willing to pass up yearling bucks, and more eager to shoot female deer (at least as compared to over 20 years ago).</p><p></p><p>But in short, more deer hunting <u>generally</u> means more antler high-grading;</p><p>while less deer hunting generally means less antler high-grading.</p><p></p><p>The dynamics are constantly changing & evolving.</p><p>I'm sure you'll figure more out, but then, things will change & evolve some more <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5656108, member: 1409"] I think there may be several evolving dynamics coming into play, and as you so often say yourself, the circumstances are often site specific. In your case, I believe you have one group of neighboring hunters doing significantly more deer hunting. This will increase antler high-grading for "your" bucks (which are perhaps really more "theirs" than "yours"). But then, you may have neighbors on your other sides doing progressively less deer hunting, and "less" QDM-type antler restrictions than say a decade ago. In fact, I will argue that deer hunting statewide has been steadily declining for over a decade, even though [U]in a minority of areas[/U], the number of hunters and their time afield has been increasing annually. As much as I love true QDM, it typically leads to big increases in antler high-grading. But now, we may be seeing "less" QDM type antler restrictions in large areas, even though many hunters are more willing to pass up yearling bucks, and more eager to shoot female deer (at least as compared to over 20 years ago). But in short, more deer hunting [U]generally[/U] means more antler high-grading; while less deer hunting generally means less antler high-grading. The dynamics are constantly changing & evolving. I'm sure you'll figure more out, but then, things will change & evolve some more :) [/QUOTE]
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