3 point or better

[280ackley]

No on the 3pt.
I would love 2 point or better on the westside but allowing spikes for youth and disabled.

I agree 100%.

[Huntbear]

No on the 3pt.
I would love 2 point or better on the westside but allowing spikes for youth and disabled.

Exactly how I feel about this.

[mudlugger]

 

[gasman]

Can't Eat Antlers........

[MooseStock]

It would be a great idea if the tribes weren't right there to shoot them when you let them go......but they will never go along with it so it kind of becomes like letting the wild salmon loose and only keeping hatchery fish....and then they net them all...............Les

[kramman]

my  :twocents:state should go to a 2pt. our better rule.lets the young ones grow and the big okanagon 2pts get

[huntnphool]

I wish he was still visiting this site......I guess he gave up.   ......he was very knowledgeable

I agree, he shouldn't let a difference of opinion deter him.

[DOUBLELUNG]

I voted no.  One-size-fits-all, rarely is the best local solution.  To quote someone I respect: "If the only tool in your toolbox is a hammer, you tend to view every problem as a nail."

[huntnphool]

Abraham Maslow

[7mag.]

I voted no.  One-size-fits-all, rarely is the best local solution.  To quote someone I respect: "If the only tool in your toolbox is a hammer, you tend to view every problem as a nail."

Now that's a good quote.

[littlebuf]

im really surprised to see all the yes votes? you guys should really look into the long term affects on deer and deer quality

[oneezreiter]

 
+1
if we only harvest the top of the herd then those little guys are the only ones breeding.

[huntnphool]

Does anyone know the estimated buck/doe ratio for the east side areas right now?

[Gobble Gobble]

I had a thought today while driving instead of saying 2pt or 3pt or better can the WDFW say 2pt "ONLY" say for those units that are normally 3pt or better and have lots of monster 2pt. This way only those genetic stunted 2pt are eliminated allowing others to grow and breed.

[lokidog]

I voted no because on the island where I live, it is very rare to see a 3 point buck.  Sometimes we see a fork with brow tines but mostly the genetics are for forks.  The first buck I got in Muzzleloader season last year was 6 to 7 years old, fork with brow tines.  Of the 5 bucks my wife and I have gotten in the last 3 years, only one other had a single brow tine.

In response to "you can't eat the antlers", true but you get about 50% more meat from a two year old than a one year old and about double on a three year olsd than a one year old.

Over all, I would answer yes with some exceptions.