guys with 4 point rules as a law
03-03-2008, 05:10 PM
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guys with 4 point rules as a law
have you seen much of a difference in trophy potential where you bowhunt/gunhunt?
im not a huge fan of it being a law, and they're really trying to expand it here in missouri. i think were doing pretty good on trophys as it is though.
im not a huge fan of it being a law, and they're really trying to expand it here in missouri. i think were doing pretty good on trophys as it is though.
03-03-2008, 05:20 PM
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RE: guys with 4 point rules as a law
Yes. Hands down, night and day. So many more deer make it to 2.5 years old, and then they get smarter and more wary. You have a realistic chance at a mature deer now, whereas in years past, it was a "one in a million" chance.
03-03-2008, 05:22 PM
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RE: guys with 4 point rules as a law
A 4 pt rule?? What excactly you talkin, a western count 4 on one side or 4 total pts. I guess it doenst matter much cuz both laws are litterally pointlest because there is tons of 1 1/2 year old deer that meet both requirements. Also yeah I agree it shouldn't be a law even though I'm all about management cuz meat hunters shold be allowed to shoot what they want. WCL
03-03-2008, 05:25 PM
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RE: guys with 4 point rules as a law
ORIGINAL: rybohunter
Yes. Hands down, night and day. So many more deer make it to 2.5 years old, and then they get smarter and more wary. You have a realistic chance at a mature deer now, whereas in years past, it was a "one in a million" chance.
Yes. Hands down, night and day. So many more deer make it to 2.5 years old, and then they get smarter and more wary. You have a realistic chance at a mature deer now, whereas in years past, it was a "one in a million" chance.
03-03-2008, 05:31 PM
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RE: guys with 4 point rules as a law
I live and hunt in a 3pt on a sideminimum WMU. In Pa there are only 5, if I'm not mistaken, WMU's that have a 4pt to a side minimum. I wishmyWMU would become the 6th.
03-04-2008, 06:56 AM
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RE: guys with 4 point rules as a law
ya i guess the public land is a big one. i only hunt private unless its a managed hunt i get drawn for. where i hunt we have great trophy potential already, as long as you practice QDM, which i think enough guys do that it shouldnt be a law. also think of all the kids (and adults) that are going for their first deer, do you think they wanna pass up a buck? the same with elderly folks that cant get around that good anymore. i also dont know many people that would pass this buck up. aged at 3.5 (which its a fact IS a mature deer) its the buck on the right, a 6 my dad killed this year. mine on the left would barely be legal if there was a 4-point rule. ill also get a picture up later of a 5 my dad killed a while back thats aged at (by a biologist) 6.5 years old.
