Have you seen the bucks that are killed on AL public land? I worked on public lands in MS for 4 years and AL kills as many, if not more huge bucks than MS on the state WMAs. Even the deer that are killed on the Wildlife Refuge system in the MS alluvial soils are no better than what's brought off north AL public lands.

And there are plenty if mature deer in the population now. Plenty. If you can't kill one or think it needs to be even better then you're living in a fantasy. You've already stated you have control of lots of land and manage it well. That's a great thing. But you're already getting what you want out of your deer herd through what the state allows you to do. Forcing your management objectives on everybody else because you don't like to see immature deer killed is selfish.

Relax, everyone... It's someone posting an idea on the internet.

Please name the states that ARs have been successful in. I've hunted a few states other than AL and I don't recall ever having to check any criteria on a rack before it was legal to shoot, except in MS. I worked in MS at the time as an official scorer, and the places their really big deer are coming from each year has nothing to do with any regulation the state has placed on them. It's from private management practices on the most fertile soil in the USA. There is nothing wrong with ALs current system of allowing two bucks of choice and one with 4 points on one side. There is already an AR in place for the third deer. That's enough.

I'm on a management system on my land, if I manage to get my scope on him I'm going to shoot him if I want to.

mirage, everyone, as you can see, has different ideas of deer hunting and what makes them happy. i'm gonna change it up a little but take this for instance. i was crappie fishing the other day and there is this peckerhead whose dock i like to fish, i know he is strictly against keeping 9 inch crappie. problem is he never remembers me or my boat. i was fishing around his dock the other day and he asks, you catching any good sized crappie? i say yeah, ive got a few 12 and 13 inchers but most of them are between 9 and 10 inches. he asks, you keep 9 inch crappie? there aint anything to eat on a 9 inch crappie. i just said, like i tell you everytime you try to throw your beliefs in my face, i would rather eat a 9 inch crappie than a 14 incher because my fillets cook faster and they are thin and crispy just like i like them. i'm sure if he had it his way, you would only be able to keep 13 inch or bigger crappie but dammit i prefer eating 9 inch crappie. some people like their bucks to be tender too. with that being said, on most properties i hunt, i will only kill does and mature bucks.

But how would we make spike stew without a spike? All you antler farmers need to move to freakin Canada & stay the hell out of my deer hunting.

We acquired some extra land this year and we have made it 8 point or better and no does. Curious to see the results.

I can tell ya, a bunch of 2 and 3 YO, 100" 8 pointers are going to die, each year.

Correct, and with no does to put in the cooler, they'll probaaly shoot 3 a piece.