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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 4836712" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>Thanks, DoubleRidge.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Let me rephrase that a bit.</p><p>I'm not saying that no antler restrictions produces more bucks,</p><p>since antler restrictions should result in more bucks living another year.</p><p></p><p>I am saying the difference between the current antler restrictions and no antler restrictions at all on PI WMA</p><p>would be negligible in determining which bucks survive another year.</p><p></p><p>I am saying that among the mature bucks, WITHOUT antler restrictions, a higher percentage of those mature bucks may be the ones born with superior antler genetics.</p><p>WITH antler restrictions, a higher percentage of those mature bucks may be the ones born with inferior antler genetics.</p><p></p><p>If your goal is to kill a very large antlered mature buck, your chances of that might be higher in an area that does not have any antler restrictions.</p><p></p><p>IMO, the main benefit of antler restrictions is when they are used in areas that simply have too much hunting, and the deer managers are making the call that antler restrictions are better than reducing the number of hunting days (or the number of hunters, or the buck limits, etc.) Antler restrictions may also be used to increase the doe harvest, which may have been the real main reason they were put into use on PI WMA.</p><p></p><p>So today, is there too much deer hunting occuring on PI WMA?</p><p>And/or is the deer density so high that antler restrictions are needed on the bucks to augment the doe kill?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 4836712, member: 1409"] Thanks, DoubleRidge. Let me rephrase that a bit. I'm not saying that no antler restrictions produces more bucks, since antler restrictions should result in more bucks living another year. I am saying the difference between the current antler restrictions and no antler restrictions at all on PI WMA would be negligible in determining which bucks survive another year. I am saying that among the mature bucks, WITHOUT antler restrictions, a higher percentage of those mature bucks may be the ones born with superior antler genetics. WITH antler restrictions, a higher percentage of those mature bucks may be the ones born with inferior antler genetics. If your goal is to kill a very large antlered mature buck, your chances of that might be higher in an area that does not have any antler restrictions. IMO, the main benefit of antler restrictions is when they are used in areas that simply have too much hunting, and the deer managers are making the call that antler restrictions are better than reducing the number of hunting days (or the number of hunters, or the buck limits, etc.) Antler restrictions may also be used to increase the doe harvest, which may have been the real main reason they were put into use on PI WMA. So today, is there too much deer hunting occuring on PI WMA? And/or is the deer density so high that antler restrictions are needed on the bucks to augment the doe kill? [/QUOTE]
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