The purpose of hunting is, and always has been to maintain a healthy deer herd, not making sure there's a spike buck behind every tree so everyone can get a buck. It's our responsibility as hunters to maintain the herd.
Wrong. My purpose for deer hunting was always to kill deer and fill my freezer with meat to feed myself and my family. The States purpose for setting seasons and bag limits is to keep deer numbers within the carrying capacity of the habitat. PGC failed to do that for many years and allowed their herd to become grossly overpopulated, hence the reason the massive herd reduction initiated by Gary Alt became necesary. Bigger bucks/antlers was just the carrot Alt dangled in front of hunters noses to get them to go along with the massive herd reduction.
That might be your purpose, but it's not the Game Comission's purpose.
