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<blockquote data-quote="fairchaser" data-source="post: 4541248" data-attributes="member: 10373"><p>I've never tried to figure it but considerably less land. If you just eliminate safety zones, it could be 15,000 huntable acres. Much less if you remove swamps, cutovers, dense pine forests, and open crop land. But most hunting property has those elements. </p><p></p><p>If you have a rule on minimum 125 inch buck, then you shouldn't be penalized for shooting one. You should be congratulated IMO. The rule was to protect most 2.5 yo bucks and it does. IMO we underage many of the bucks killed using TWR as an exact age rather than a minimum age. If we actually knew the age of those bucks on the bad board, how many would be moved to the good board? Wouldn't that change everything management is upset about? Now if you want to harvest larger bucks, simply move the minimum higher. You kill fewer bucks but the average would increase and likely the average age. I like it where it is because I'm not happy killing something every 5-10 years as some are. Hunters are simply getting better at their scoring skills and that's why they are better at killing marginal bucks but if that's what makes them happy so be it. I don't know why there would be a fine imposed for a 128 inch buck even a small fine!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fairchaser, post: 4541248, member: 10373"] I’ve never tried to figure it but considerably less land. If you just eliminate safety zones, it could be 15,000 huntable acres. Much less if you remove swamps, cutovers, dense pine forests, and open crop land. But most hunting property has those elements. If you have a rule on minimum 125 inch buck, then you shouldn’t be penalized for shooting one. You should be congratulated IMO. The rule was to protect most 2.5 yo bucks and it does. IMO we underage many of the bucks killed using TWR as an exact age rather than a minimum age. If we actually knew the age of those bucks on the bad board, how many would be moved to the good board? Wouldn’t that change everything management is upset about? Now if you want to harvest larger bucks, simply move the minimum higher. You kill fewer bucks but the average would increase and likely the average age. I like it where it is because I’m not happy killing something every 5-10 years as some are. Hunters are simply getting better at their scoring skills and that’s why they are better at killing marginal bucks but if that’s what makes them happy so be it. I don’t know why there would be a fine imposed for a 128 inch buck even a small fine! [/QUOTE]
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