Using Antler Restrictions to Manage for Older|aged Bucks

Antler Restrictions? - Your Ohio Hunting and Fishing Resource

ie..the group i hunt with shot 3 scrubs and as soon as they killed those bucks they left..gone..and whats left?..exactly..the big bucks. Look at ...

Explain Antler Restrictions for me - TexAgs

To the above statement, you may only take ONE branched antler buck, you may fill the remaining buck tags with spikes/one unbranched antler. When ...

Antler Point Restictions in Wisconsin | Graybeard Outdoors

We have no antler restrictions except spikes have to be 3" long. Doe permits are sold over the counter at 5 per day in my DMU. My buck this year ...

State expands antler point restriction program for hunters

According to the new regulations, any antlered deer taken in any of these zones must have at least three points (tines of the antler) on one ...

Longterm, do antler restrictions = High-grading - GON Forum

Points regulations work OK, but a very flawed. Body composition, size, and mass is more viable in taking a mature deer than anything. We try to ...

anyone in NY mad about the antler restrictions - Page 12

Do older deer generally have larger antlers? ... deer management) - MORE BUCKS HARVESTED -WILL have larger antlers!

Antlers with gnarly bases & non typical points? Junk points

Older usually means more junk. ... You hear a lot of people say the buck they shot was going down hill, but I think for the most part most bucks ...

Successful 20 years of antler point restrictions in PA - Erie Times-News

As a result, Pennsylvania deer hunters benefitted by harvesting more older males with larger antlers than in the past, when yearling males ...

antler restrictions, do they work? - Dr Deer

... in Pennsylvania did show amazing results and an increase in older-age-class bucks, and those results are still being seen today). Common Sense V.S. ...

A Detailed Look Into Antlered Buck Management - Realtree Camo

Many antler restrictions have been used including point, spread and beam-length requirements as well as Boone & Crockett (B&C) score.

Antler restrictions: what's the point? | The River Reporter

DEC studies show that in areas without antler restrictions, only 2% of bucks live to be as old as four years old. In areas with restrictions, 10 ...

Deer Regulation Changes - Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department

... antler restriction, very few deer survive beyond 2.5 years old ... The new regulations will effectively manage for older bucks, but with fewer restrictions on ...

More hunters practicing 'voluntary' antler restriction

For many sportsmen, reducing the number of 1.5-year-old bucks in the harvest is important because it allows deer to mature into more wily ...

Protective Policy - Louisiana Sportsman

The main objective with antler restrictions is to protect 1 ½-year-old bucks (commonly called yearlings). Once these bucks near maturity, the hope is they will ...

Selecting Bucks for Harvest: The Hurdles of Managing Age Structure ...

They keep living and growing small antlers. ... restriction as their harvest criterion. ... harvest a mature buck with a 100 B&C score. ... able for advanced QDM ...

Managing Antler Expectations this Deer Season

To many, the premise of modern whitetail management is to let small bucks live to maturity (5-years old) and harvest an acceptable number of female deer to keep ...

Quit Worrying About Genetics: How Successful Deer Hunters Think ...

Hunters cannot influence the genetics of a wild deer herd. Selective buck culling to optimize antler size doesn't work. So, what can hunters ...

Antler Potential on 200-Acres of Land - Legendary Whitetails

Antler restrictions of some form are required to have any hope of hunting older bucks. In the majority of cases serious QDM practitioners strive to have 3 ½ ...

APRs work — but not to grow deer antlers - Times Herald

“Protecting smaller-antlered bucks and harvesting larger-antlered bucks within an age class reduces average antler size in older age classes,” ...

Harvest Regulations for Deer Management

In my opinion, most hunting properties need to set harvest restrictions that allow them to harvest three year old or older bucks. Whether the deer is a ten ...