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<blockquote data-quote="CBU93" data-source="post: 5213004" data-attributes="member: 599"><p>As explained by Alan P several years ago, the Island specific data indicated that 9 point restriction still kept most bucks protected to get to the older age classes. Not all, but most, and was easier on the hunter to understand that a width or main beam restriction, and definitely any age requirement. The goal of the hunt was not to provide a kill opportunity for every hunter drawn, but an opportunity to hunt a relatively unmolested deer herd with an inordinate amount of mature buck specimens. The hunting experience on the island was deemed more important than the kill percentages. The Island was a unique opportunity in conjunction with the Port Authority and City of Memphis to provide that experience as hunters across TN on the annual survey were wanting more quality experience vs. quality kills.</p><p></p><p>I have been fortunate enough to hunt the December buck hunt on the Island 3 times. The last in 2016...I haven't put in for it since. Before the floods, the Island was a mystical, magical, beloved, awesome place. After the floods, it has lost much of the mystique and the hunters that put in for it now seem to be more worried about kills than encounters IMO. I doubt anyone at TWRA thought that the Island would still be available for any of these hunts for this long.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CBU93, post: 5213004, member: 599"] As explained by Alan P several years ago, the Island specific data indicated that 9 point restriction still kept most bucks protected to get to the older age classes. Not all, but most, and was easier on the hunter to understand that a width or main beam restriction, and definitely any age requirement. The goal of the hunt was not to provide a kill opportunity for every hunter drawn, but an opportunity to hunt a relatively unmolested deer herd with an inordinate amount of mature buck specimens. The hunting experience on the island was deemed more important than the kill percentages. The Island was a unique opportunity in conjunction with the Port Authority and City of Memphis to provide that experience as hunters across TN on the annual survey were wanting more quality experience vs. quality kills. I have been fortunate enough to hunt the December buck hunt on the Island 3 times. The last in 2016...I haven't put in for it since. Before the floods, the Island was a mystical, magical, beloved, awesome place. After the floods, it has lost much of the mystique and the hunters that put in for it now seem to be more worried about kills than encounters IMO. I doubt anyone at TWRA thought that the Island would still be available for any of these hunts for this long. [/QUOTE]
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