AR's are the road to ruin. I have hunted WV for over 20 years, and there are guys now clamoring for "Bigger racked deer". Unbelievably, they use PA as an example. It is the same "Carrot on a stick" Alt held out to the hunters in PA. The first step is kill a whole lot of does. If you keep a bunch of bucks around for a couple years and they are eating up the forest, something has to go. Keeping the herd healthy is a horseshit excuse, the biggest, smartest deer always survived. I used to hunt Maryland before I started in WV. Take a good look at that state's hunting. Most people that are in favor of AR's do not hunt public land. They watch TV and think a Boone and Crockett deer is going to walk right up to them. If it is posted property, it just might, but a truly wild deer would have to make a mistake to do that. I hunt public land in WV and always did. There have always been big deer around, you just had to be good or lucky. I am already seeing the affect of more doe killing down there.
