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Originally Posted by Roughneck Country
I don't think turning ever deer in the province into a "meat buck" is the solution either. There needs to be a balance between trophy quality and access by all. Isn't pushing trophy hunters out of the province a form of "elitism" as well saying meat hunters are more important than trophy hunters?
I personally won't shoot something I know is small and prefer to go home empty handed or with a doe than to kill the first thing with antlers. The old don't make the winter the younger bucks do. Just getting out is good enough for me I don't need to make a kill every time or ever year.
We should be relying on science to dictate the appropriate numbers and age structure to maximize the resource. JMO
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"I don't think turning ever deer in the province into a "meat buck" is the solution either."
I never advocated that we do, and I am against this concept anyways, not for "trophy" reasons but for the social structure requirements for these herds. There needs to be a full age range of animals in the population.
"We should be relying on science to dictate the appropriate numbers and age structure to maximize the resource. "
That's exactly what I suggested. Let's stop putting more wmus on highly restrictive harvest levels of 5% and less due to the lobbying of Outfitters and Trophy hunters within certain AGMAG members, and get back to the proven 10% levels that offer higher harvest levels while maintaining a full age structure to the herd.
