Bill, I think we're both hoping for the right things to be done for the furure of Deer hunting in Northern Cali so i don't want this to seem like a huge argument going on here. It's not. We just have slightly different views on the ways that things can get better.
I'm having some trouble understanding your point, your last post. The fact is, we no longer have the numbers of animals, in most areas, that we once had. 12k tags to 1,200 tags, what's given now, didn't happen because we no longer shoot forkys in X-1
If the state saw fit to only allow 1 deer tag statewide per year, a lot of guys like myself when younger who shot two bucks every single year, would surely be a pickier in their first and only buck killed. This might save a lot of smaller bucks for the guy who's just out for a buck, better hunting as far as he's concerned, or allow the smaller buck a better chance to make it thru the season and become older, better hunting down the road for a guy looking for a more mature deer with a nice rack. I pass up young bucks every year. I don't need a law saying a deer has to have so many points.
As far as your last paragraph;
"There were some forkie gene pools and still are but I don't think its any different in forkie or better units as even you have stated you don't like the idea of a reverse change for the B zones because it will allow them to prosper."
I've read this 4-5 times and still not sure what you're referring to when you say that i "stated" something?? Maybe your and my idea's of what will make the B zones prosper is different, maybe they're close to the same, I don't know...
I've said this before and i'll hope you guys allow me repetition of myself; If those guys that go out of state and hunt hard every year, put forth that kind of effort, home work, map work, phone calls, decent trip length, bust a$$ to get away from the roads, all this that they are willing to do on outa state trips but did this here in Cali, they could consistently kill really great trophy, maybe even "Book", pure Blacktail bucks from our B zone hunts!
Has been for years and still is the case! Lets not screw that up!!
Joey