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Along those lines, how many acres do y'all think you need to have (1 owner or under cooperative mgmt) to yield a tangible change in age structure, ratios, etc.

Didn't say that is all I would ever shoot. Like you are saying, I just meant that killing any mature deer is a trophy to me because of how hard it is to accomplish - regardless of its headgear.

Thank you also Nighthunter. By the way, my reference to spinning data was not directed toward you, Matt or the DCNR - QDMA was the group that most came to mind. Thank you for all of your hard work and willingness to interact with the hunting public on your own time.

Thank you for your reply. I agree with you in principal, and in application regarding misuse of data to support a specific agenda. It's just the responses to some very knowledgable people's well reasoned posts that gives me pause. I personally believe that any mature (5.5 yr old or older) buck is a ...

I used to be firmly in the "education not regulation" school - meaning that if changes needed to be made for the good of any wildlife population, it would be more effective to educate the hunting population about the biological basis for altering certain behavior, than just to mandate that they chan...