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I have been involved in this discussion for about 6 to 8 years and I used to oppose it. I openly agreed with Steve Zender before his retirement at the Advisory Committee meeting. But things have changed much since then. Our deer are probably at only 40% in numbers of what they were then. Right now we need this to build deer numbers.
Please answer these questions: If APR's don't work then why do we have them all over the state? If you are saying they don't work, then why don't we remove them all?
You folks are lucky up there, I wish they would make it 3 point or better blacktail on the west side...
i hope they make it 3pt min for blacktail except youth and seniors let them shoot spikes and 2 pts but everyone else 3pt or better
I can tell you this for absolute certain and you can not say this is wrong: "If the state is too narrow minded to try an APR in NE WA, we will never know if it would have worked or not worked."
Quote from: 257 Wby Mag on March 23, 2011, 08:48:43 PMYou folks are lucky up there, I wish they would make it 3 point or better blacktail on the west side...Quote from: jackmaster on March 23, 2011, 09:23:04 AMi hope they make it 3pt min for blacktail except youth and seniors let them shoot spikes and 2 pts but everyone else 3pt or better Sorry to say this but bite me on this blanket three-point idea.... Where I live, there are very few three point bucks because we do not have the genetics for eyeguards on the forkies. In five years I have seen three deer on this island that had more than three points on a side. Last season, I saw maybe three three points of all the bucks seen. We have shot three bucks that were over 2 1/2 years old here that were stilll only forks. Maybe it should just be deer with five points or a 24" spread??It is shortsighted to manage large diverse areas in the same manner as each other because habitat differences determine the management needs of herds in different areas.
The Buck to doe ratio has been outta whack long before the bad winters.. love the input and comments from people who live no where near here useless