It does matter to me. I’ve seen great properties go to absolute crap because of baiting and cell cameras. I’ve seen longtime hunters and their families all but give up and quit because of cell cameras. I’ve had several landowners tell me they were strongly considering selling everything they own and not even hunting in AL due to over-harvest of bucks on adjoining lands. Cell cams plus bait plus a dang long liberal gun season have completely changed herd dynamics in some places to the point that people hunting for years are no longer getting to do that because some hunters are using cams to remove dang near 100% of certain age classes of deer.
I’m with you on doing something to save 2-3yr old bucks. Any idiot can kill a couple basket racks a year off his 50acres, with corn/cell cam.
But, I’m concerned that removing game cameras would also have less people holding out for that big buck, that they no longer have picture evidence of, and shooting a 100” 8pt when he came by.
Seems to me, doing away with bait would save a lot more young bucks. Although, I’d happily sign on to do away with bait and cell cams.
