A Lot of Quality Bucks Tagged This Year?

January 13, 2009

Cade Harrill of Salisbury bagged his first deer while hunting with his dad.

The Salisbury Post reporting on the deer season that just ended as a good one at least based on their review of local bragging boards.

Local check stations reported good numbers of deer brought in. Hill’s Minnow Farm in eastern Rowan County had the most checked in at more than 400. A quick view of pictures of successful hunters at many local sporting good stores confirms — and most hunters agree — that the quality of bucks seems to be increasing throughout the area.

The number of mature bucks with racks over 16 inches wide and with eight points or more seem to be more common than in years past. Most hunters agree that the two-buck limit is one of the more successful regulations that have directly impacted local deer herds.

Many hunters also enjoyed the opportunity to harvest additional antlerless deer by taking advantage of the bonus antlerless deer tags that were available in many portions of the state.

I think the 2 buck limit is working and one only has to look at what deer heads get brought into the Dixie Deer Classic every year.