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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5635150" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>This is true when <em>AGE</em> (coupled with their above average antlers) becomes the primary criteria for giving those best middle-aged bucks a pass.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, not the clubs you have advised, but many large clubs have attempted to grow more bucks via antler restrictions. This may protect most 1 1/2-yr-old bucks (yearlings), and some 2 1/2's, but it's often counter-productive in producing <em>TOP-END</em> mature bucks.</p><p></p><p>Somethings not working as planned when the average hunter-killed 3 1/2 scores higher than the average hunter-killed 5 1/2 in the same area. This is commonly seen when antler restrictions (such as 9 points, 4 on a side, 8 points, etc.) are utilized in determining "shooter" bucks.</p><p></p><p>Antler restrictions can be more "practical" simply because it can be difficult to teach or train a large group of hunters to field sort bucks based on body profile (age) instead of antlers. Even when a particular hunter gets pretty good at field aging, he is most likely to make a mistake on the most top-end antlered young bucks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5635150, member: 1409"] This is true when [I]AGE[/I] (coupled with their above average antlers) becomes the primary criteria for giving those best middle-aged bucks a pass. Unfortunately, not the clubs you have advised, but many large clubs have attempted to grow more bucks via antler restrictions. This may protect most 1 1/2-yr-old bucks (yearlings), and some 2 1/2's, but it's often counter-productive in producing [I]TOP-END[/I] mature bucks. Somethings not working as planned when the average hunter-killed 3 1/2 scores higher than the average hunter-killed 5 1/2 in the same area. This is commonly seen when antler restrictions (such as 9 points, 4 on a side, 8 points, etc.) are utilized in determining "shooter" bucks. Antler restrictions can be more "practical" simply because it can be difficult to teach or train a large group of hunters to field sort bucks based on body profile (age) instead of antlers. Even when a particular hunter gets pretty good at field aging, he is most likely to make a mistake on the most top-end antlered young bucks. [/QUOTE]
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