PillsburyDoughboy":k9mk9xye said:
To all the peeps that want to use every little piece of data they can find to support the 2 buck limit.
STOP!
Your making fools of yourself. NO DATA that you can collect at this point is going to show support for the 2 buck limit. NONE. Quit trying.
Its going to COLLECTIVE take data over SEVERAL YEARS to show one way or the other what effect the 2 buck limit is having on the herd.
This is getting ridiculous.
No one is promoting the two buck limit, certainly not me. Someone just posted the TWRAs response as to why kill #'s are down and we all agree it is not a good reason. then someone showed some data about the kill #'s from the TWRA site and unfortunately, the difference is less bucks being killed
this year. I like analyzing data so I put up a graph and then someone asked for 5 years worth, so i did that too.
You're right it will take several years of data to see the effect or lack there of. That being said, the initial data shows that less bucks are being shot, and I can say from personal experience that I could have killed 2 different 1.5 yr old bucks on Priest and would have shot one with a 3rd buck tag, but since I only have 2 I passed both, because I know we have bigger bucks on mine and my brother's property, but the odds of me killing 2 in one season, would be low, so I would have burned a tag to A) kill a deer on opening morning, and B) put meat in the freezer, because IMO a buck tastes as good as a doe.
All that aside, whether you admit it or not the #'s
thus far show glaringly that the # of bucks being killed or at least checked in is down. We've looked at weather data, and other factors, but i would say it is safe to assume that at least this year, that the limit reduction has had an impact on the kill #'s. That being said, I still disagree with the limit reduction as I feel the age dynamics in the herd were fine and there was no biological reason to lower the limit.