03-14-2013, 09:26 PM
It's my opinion that the number of spikes available for harvest is dependant on the birth rate and mortality (winter kill & predators) of the previous years calf crop. Since the spikes that survived the hunt last year will be branch antlered this year.
I do understand your point that every hunter is gunning for a spike instead of some holding out for a mature bull. so the pressure is higher on the spikes. But there are a lot of those that won't shoot a spike so they hunt the any bull areas or not at all, if the don't draw a limited entry tag.
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I do understand your point that every hunter is gunning for a spike instead of some holding out for a mature bull. so the pressure is higher on the spikes. But there are a lot of those that won't shoot a spike so they hunt the any bull areas or not at all, if the don't draw a limited entry tag.
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