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BigMedicine
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Well after 3 years on the Pauns and Henry Mtns. it looks like the management buck hunts are providing good opportunity for folks to shoot mature bucks with less desirable antler configurations. I haven't heard of lots of people shooting illegal bucks, and it sounds like the hunts have been going well.
I see lots of management type bucks on the other LE units in the state and wonder if it might be good to have more management hunts? A big 2 point or 3 point gets killed on most general season units, but on a LE unit they can live for a long time, getting more opportunties to breed than bucks with more desirable antler configuations that typically get killed at an earlier age. I don't know if it is having a definite effect, but it can't be helping the genetics on our LE units to let these bucks live so long. Also, the way the hunts are set up it lets the trophy guys get first shot, so even if there was a guy with a LE tag that wanted to shoot a big 3 point he would get first crack at it over the management tag holders. Lots of the tags go to youth and seniors, and it still burns through some deer points.
Should we have management hunts on more LE deer units? Seems like a good idea to me.
I see lots of management type bucks on the other LE units in the state and wonder if it might be good to have more management hunts? A big 2 point or 3 point gets killed on most general season units, but on a LE unit they can live for a long time, getting more opportunties to breed than bucks with more desirable antler configuations that typically get killed at an earlier age. I don't know if it is having a definite effect, but it can't be helping the genetics on our LE units to let these bucks live so long. Also, the way the hunts are set up it lets the trophy guys get first shot, so even if there was a guy with a LE tag that wanted to shoot a big 3 point he would get first crack at it over the management tag holders. Lots of the tags go to youth and seniors, and it still burns through some deer points.
Should we have management hunts on more LE deer units? Seems like a good idea to me.