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<blockquote data-quote="Buzzgun" data-source="post: 1994685" data-attributes="member: 4715"><p>My points are no more speculative than the idea that a reduction in the buck limit will increase buck quality!! </p><p></p><p>According to the ODWC website, in 2011, only about 8% of deer hunters killed 2 bucks and that included archery, primitive and gun seasons. ODWC statistics also tell us that archers killed more deer than primitive hunters last year and we know the proposed regulation changes do not affect archery hunters because they can still kill 2 bucks if one is taken with archery equipment. So, at the very best, the decrease in bucks taken, if this regulation passes, will be substantially less than 8% and will likely be closer to 4%. Hardly a significant reduction in buck harvest.</p><p></p><p>Have we seen a measurable increase in buck quality that can be directly contributed to the reduction of the buck limit from 3 to 2?? I certainly haven't!</p><p></p><p>Let's face it, many deer hunters in Oklahoma only hunt during gun season, reducing the buck limit will not have any significant effect on buck numbers or on "quality" of bucks out there because the proposed change does not affect someone who only hunts during gun season. </p><p></p><p>You want an increase in buck quality??? Let the little bucks walk! Reducing the buck limit will not change the fact that most of the bucks killed during gun season are 1.5 years old or younger. If all deer hunters were required to sit through a Noble Foundation deer management seminar, they would understand that the controllable factor in buck quality in Oklahoma is not genetics or nutrition, it's age, and reducing the harvest quota doesn't fix that problem.</p><p></p><p>We haven't even mentioned how extremely easy it is for someone to buy a tag for their kid, wife or buddy and online check a deer they shot on someone else's license, so much for the one buck limit!! Like dlbleak said, this regulation would only apply to those who want to follow it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buzzgun, post: 1994685, member: 4715"] My points are no more speculative than the idea that a reduction in the buck limit will increase buck quality!! According to the ODWC website, in 2011, only about 8% of deer hunters killed 2 bucks and that included archery, primitive and gun seasons. ODWC statistics also tell us that archers killed more deer than primitive hunters last year and we know the proposed regulation changes do not affect archery hunters because they can still kill 2 bucks if one is taken with archery equipment. So, at the very best, the decrease in bucks taken, if this regulation passes, will be substantially less than 8% and will likely be closer to 4%. Hardly a significant reduction in buck harvest. Have we seen a measurable increase in buck quality that can be directly contributed to the reduction of the buck limit from 3 to 2?? I certainly haven't! Let's face it, many deer hunters in Oklahoma only hunt during gun season, reducing the buck limit will not have any significant effect on buck numbers or on "quality" of bucks out there because the proposed change does not affect someone who only hunts during gun season. You want an increase in buck quality??? Let the little bucks walk! Reducing the buck limit will not change the fact that most of the bucks killed during gun season are 1.5 years old or younger. If all deer hunters were required to sit through a Noble Foundation deer management seminar, they would understand that the controllable factor in buck quality in Oklahoma is not genetics or nutrition, it's age, and reducing the harvest quota doesn't fix that problem. We haven't even mentioned how extremely easy it is for someone to buy a tag for their kid, wife or buddy and online check a deer they shot on someone else's license, so much for the one buck limit!! Like dlbleak said, this regulation would only apply to those who want to follow it. [/QUOTE]
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