If you don't use the Scoutlook app for your Droid or iPhone you should. Sadly, Wayne Masters passed away this past week. I was reading up on some of his articles that he posted as a Scoutlook pro staffer. Pretty good stuff.
The Masters' Main Beam Method
With the growth of more progressive deer management more emphasis has been placed on managing for age and not just antlers. Using selective criteria of "number of points on a side" (typically 3 points or 4 points) for passing bucks leads to the possibility of "high-grading" and also not managing for the greatest potential. This has opened dialogue that centers on educating deer hunters to methods that will enable them to actually judge the age of wild, free-ranging whitetail bucks "on the hoof" using various antler and body characteristics.
We must remember throughout any of these discussions that when we "set the bar" at any stage of antler and body growth, we put an excess of hunting pressure on the very next available age-class or portion of an age class based on the criteria....
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