Skookumchuck continues decline

[actionshooter]

 I went up there this morning didn't see to many (6) but I did see a MONSTER at a jack fir edge. It was 598 according to the rangefinder, tried to move in for a shot and never saw him again.
 Typical day, everyone sits on a cut until about 8:30 then its a road hunting circle track   

[Mike450r]

I would love to see it go to 2-point minimum, and wouldn't be heartbroken if they upped it to 3-point min.
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The state has discussed this with Weyerhauser and thats as far as it will go.  Weyerhauser would be happy if there wasn't a single wild animal left on their property.  They want as many deer out of there as possible. 

The thing with Vail is a lot of those spikes aren't going to get much more than what they are, they have so many deer in there that breeding age spikes are contributing to the gene pool.  They age the spikes and they aren't yearlings in most cases.  They would do better to have a year of spike only do away with the "any" deer tag and call them antlerless tags.

[cipryan]

spikes breed in all areas.  one buck, dominant or not, breeds with 10-12 does max.  Spikes sneak in there and take what they can get and usuallly it turns out to be quite a lot.  This happens all the time in whitetail country.  Bring the doe numbers down and build a healthier buck to doe ratio and you will have bigger bucks.  They will become dominant and gigundous with the right conservation.