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<blockquote data-quote="fishfurlife" data-source="post: 1676073" data-attributes="member: 15170"><p>You shoot a 1 1/2 year old buck with 4 points on one side and genetically you have just taken that <1% that just might have made it to record size. I know that spikes can grow to be big bucks as well, but an 8 pt 1 1/2 old has huge potential. Antler restriction is proven to improve the age class of bucks being taken but it has also proven that the true Monarch's are being sacrificed at this expense. Look at the states that grow giant bucks......... No antler restrictions there, they have harvest restrictions and limited opprotunity. Antler restrictions were set up in states that have more hunters than we have. They were also set up primarily in states that do not have great nutrients to grow bigger deer faster. In Oklahoma it is not unheard of to come across a pope and young 3 year old buck. </p><p></p><p>I personally like what we have going here. We have a great deer heard. We have big bucks that are taken every year from this state and plenty of opportunity to take just a buck. It is a sleeper(not for long I am sure). We are not like Texas(thank gawd). Texas has some goofy a** regs, like a spike only season in some parts of the state. We aren't like Kansas either were your NR family would only be aloud to come visit and be a part of deer camp when they were lucky enough to draw a tag. Kansas was on track to stay a state that produces giants until a few years ago when they opened the gates on their NR tags (money will ruin anything given time).</p><p></p><p> I understand that the grass always seems greener on the other side of the fence but sometimes it doesn't hurt to step back and evaluate just how good we have it here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fishfurlife, post: 1676073, member: 15170"] You shoot a 1 1/2 year old buck with 4 points on one side and genetically you have just taken that <1% that just might have made it to record size. I know that spikes can grow to be big bucks as well, but an 8 pt 1 1/2 old has huge potential. Antler restriction is proven to improve the age class of bucks being taken but it has also proven that the true Monarch's are being sacrificed at this expense. Look at the states that grow giant bucks......... No antler restrictions there, they have harvest restrictions and limited opprotunity. Antler restrictions were set up in states that have more hunters than we have. They were also set up primarily in states that do not have great nutrients to grow bigger deer faster. In Oklahoma it is not unheard of to come across a pope and young 3 year old buck. I personally like what we have going here. We have a great deer heard. We have big bucks that are taken every year from this state and plenty of opportunity to take just a buck. It is a sleeper(not for long I am sure). We are not like Texas(thank gawd). Texas has some goofy a** regs, like a spike only season in some parts of the state. We aren't like Kansas either were your NR family would only be aloud to come visit and be a part of deer camp when they were lucky enough to draw a tag. Kansas was on track to stay a state that produces giants until a few years ago when they opened the gates on their NR tags (money will ruin anything given time). I understand that the grass always seems greener on the other side of the fence but sometimes it doesn't hurt to step back and evaluate just how good we have it here. [/QUOTE]
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