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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5656840" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>The only real solutions to hunters' antler high-grading are</p><p></p><p>1) No hunting, including zero poaching (which is near impossible, as the larger the antlered buck, the more probable he will become a poaching target).</p><p></p><p>2) Selectively harvesting bucks based totally on age, where no bucks are killed prior to full maturity, such as an age of 5 1/2.</p><p></p><p>Shooting only bucks that are fully mature only has limited practicability, but can be achieved by individual hunters who prescribe to the idea. When a significant number of hunters in a particular area prescribe to this, they can significantly reduce hunters' antler high-grading.</p><p></p><p>Otherwise, we're back to simply no hunting, where it's the poachers getting rewarded instead of honest hunters.</p><p></p><p>From a practical perspective, it may be the single best thing hunters can do is to avoid shooting top-end 2 1/2's & 3 1/2's. It's much easier to simply sort "young" from "old" bucks, and many hunters can quickly field id a 2 1/2-yr-old buck as not being old. The trick is to take the focus away from the antlers and totally focus on the body.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5656840, member: 1409"] The only real solutions to hunters' antler high-grading are 1) No hunting, including zero poaching (which is near impossible, as the larger the antlered buck, the more probable he will become a poaching target). 2) Selectively harvesting bucks based totally on age, where no bucks are killed prior to full maturity, such as an age of 5 1/2. Shooting only bucks that are fully mature only has limited practicability, but can be achieved by individual hunters who prescribe to the idea. When a significant number of hunters in a particular area prescribe to this, they can significantly reduce hunters' antler high-grading. Otherwise, we're back to simply no hunting, where it's the poachers getting rewarded instead of honest hunters. From a practical perspective, it may be the single best thing hunters can do is to avoid shooting top-end 2 1/2's & 3 1/2's. It's much easier to simply sort "young" from "old" bucks, and many hunters can quickly field id a 2 1/2-yr-old buck as not being old. The trick is to take the focus away from the antlers and totally focus on the body. [/QUOTE]
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