The ar law has done wonders with the deer we have! Before ar a 100 inch deer was big! Its not perfect, but it keeps people from shooting anything with horns, as they did before!

the alternative worked for many, many, many years

Tyler Co. ....Home of the perpetual tall narrow racks. Beautiful, mature, trophies...that can't be shot! Spreading their genes in perpetuity. JUNK SCIENCE! Well to do, Elitist sportsmen at work. I HATE ARs..always will. Politics, politics, politics. It's funny that the folks who have the money can sit on the sideline and say, " if you don't like them, hunt some where else." Well BOSCO BOB, how would you like someone telling you what your "trophy" is???? Management my (#&@_*&_^_)&_)&%*%!

I have seen 2 bucks about 4.5 to 5.5 years old with 12 - 12.5in spread during bow season in Tyler County!!! We have been AR for 3 years now!!! Before AR's we had a 2-buck, 2-doe limit and I believe that they could have saved a lot of younger bucks just by lowering the buck limit to 1!!! This year so far I'm seeing less deer than the past 3 years!!!

FYI... a 16" wide 11pt was shot just off y'alls border Sat morning. widest deer shot in 15yrs according to the records.

I believe in AR's becuase hunters for the most part have proven they can't manage themselves. AR's were put in place to give bucks a chance to mature, why was this needed? Simply put hunters where shooting them at 1 1/2 instead of 3 1/2 years old. Too often in Wisconsin and I'm sure Texas was the same. You'd see some guy at the registration station comlaining how there were no big bucks left any more as he registered his 1 1/2 year old 6 pointer basket rack. And with Texas' bag limit, many would harvest 2 deer at that age, which would crush the herds ability to get mature deer.

Now with that said I also believe in common sense. If you shot a deer at 12 3/4" in a county that is known for nice, but tall narrow racks, you'd think the local GW would and should understand that. I would say if you bring in a 12 1/2" that is very easily recognizable as a mature deer, that should be good to go.

The problem was two fold and instead of tackling the issue with common sense, it was hit with a sledge hammer. The simple solution would have been to restrict the number of antlered deer you could take, along with a county or "zoned" AR in place. If they wanted to really do it right they would hold a few meetings in each "zone" with hunters and local GWs to see what the AR should be and even the bag limit. But with all that said, thats not how our government operates any longer, common sense no longer applies.

X100 Let em grow up!!!