[cfdjay]

Its been 3 years since the antler restrictions went into play. And by the looks of these trail cam photos, most of which are from those counties, I'd say we are seeing the results. Would you agree?

 

[Hayzer]

Heck we've been doing it for more than three years and you've seen our results.

 

[beanpile]

diddo at mobiggies & surrounding areas..been about 5 years and we kind of keep rtrack on what the neighbors get & nobody has gotten any "trophies" so that tells me they are still around jus getting bigger

 

[henry]

Ours are pretty much the same. We would have to have a history of before restrictions from the same areas the cams are now to know if it is helping .

:cheers::cheers:

 

[Bowpredator]

I have little doubt that this forced trophy management program will increase rack size. I seriously doubt it has done much to reduce the doe numbers though.

 

[henry]

Originally posted by Center Punch

Originally posted by henry
Ours are pretty much the same. We would have to have a history of before restrictions from the same areas the cams are now to know if it is helping .

:cheers::cheers:

Helping what?

Helping to increase the number of mature bucks. At least that is what I was assuming cfdjay was refering to.

:cheers::cheers:

 

[Country]

There is no doubt its working in my area The genes arn/t the greatest where I hunt, but there are defenatly big deer there now.

 

[Bowhunter4life]

I think they need to implemit a earn a buck, then maybe more does would be takin although most of you guys already take more than one doe with a bow or gun i think they need to do it with both. We need to get the doe numbers down.

 

[Arrow-1]

I seriously doubt if this will dramatically increase the number of mature bucks in the state of Missouri.

The change that I see is that all of those guys who were shooting the first set of horns that they saw are now going to be shooting the first 2 1/2 year old buck they see.

I think that it will greatly increase the number of 2 1/2 year old bucks getting shot......

I think it will lead to a decent increase in 3 1/2 and 4 1/2 year old bucks getting shot..........

And last I think that there will be a slight increase in mature trophies getting shot.

Having said all this...............even though I think it is not a cure all...........I wish the MDC would get it right and make it state wide.

 

[Chromie]

they haven't enforced the 4 point rule in my area, unless they have for this year, (I havent checked it out yet)

Are you guys that have the restriction seeing good results??

I kinda wish they would enforce the rule here....

 

[rat]

Its gonna take more than a couple of years to make a decent difference in the herd so patience is in order..

That said, its good at least in my opinion, that mdc is doing SOMETHING rather than nothing to address this issue.

 

[RAKMAN]

Anything is better than what we had before. It as least giving 1&1/2 year olds a chance as well as a fair amount of the 2&1/2 year olds.

 

[V.P.]

My dad and I have not noticed any difference in rack size. Always have seen big deer over the 16 years in the areas we have hunted.

 

[northmobigbuck]

Like Vp said I can not tell. A lot of Big ones around each year where I hunt

 

[FiremanBrad]

I wish they would move the firearm season to the first week or two of Dec.....it would get us big bucks alot faster, and with better results than point restrictions....the big boys would have a better chance to pass on thier genes!!!

 

[gmbellew]

Originally posted by fireman_3311
I wish they would move the firearm season to the first week or two of Dec.....it would get us big bucks alot faster, and with better results than point restrictions....the big boys would have a better chance to pass on thier genes!!!

now don't go sticking an arrow in any big boys before they have a chance to pass on their genes. :wink4:

 

[FiremanBrad]

Originally posted by gmbellew

Originally posted by fireman_3311
I wish they would move the firearm season to the first week or two of Dec.....it would get us big bucks alot faster, and with better results than point restrictions....the big boys would have a better chance to pass on thier genes!!!

now don't go sticking an arrow in any big boys before they have a chance to pass on their genes. :wink4:

I know what you're gittin at, but there are TONS more bigguns killed with a gun than with a bow....apples and oranges!!!!

 

[coyotehunter]

oh boy fireman is dreaming iowa again.

 

[FiremanBrad]

Originally posted by coyotehunter
oh boy fireman is dreaming iowa again.

You ain't lyin!!!!! December gunseasons have certainly put them on top!!!!

 

[Hayzer]

Originally posted by Arrow-1
I seriously doubt if this will dramatically increase the number of mature bucks in the state of Missouri.

If people would quit killing smaller bucks (like the one in your avatar) then this method will work. Now wait a minute, I'm not saying that your deer isn't a trophy, or all deer that size aren't a trophy for other hunter's. All I'm saying is that mature bucks need to have several years under their belt to reach a peak. If a hunter wants to take a deer of this caliber as a trophy because it truly is a trophy for that hunter then I am all for it.

I'm not at all calling any particular person out here when I say this; but it erks me when guys have one, two, or more deer hanging on their walls and then complain because the current deer aren't big enough anymore. These arguments can go on and on and can come from many different angles.

However, the great thing about this board is that it lets us express our opinions. And the greatest thing about each of our individual opinions is that none of them are wrong. An opinion is neither fact or fiction, it's just an opinion and we're free to express them here, among friends.