ANTLER POINT RESTRICTIONS ?

[MoDeer]

   While I was in Okla. for Muzzleloader season this year one of the WMA employees mentioned that next year all of Okla. would have APRs . He said a legal buck would need to have at least 4 points on one side . It kind of suprised us as 1/2 of our group was from Okla. and nobody had heard of it .
  
  Just curious is there any truth to that . We have the same APRs here in Missouri and it has realy helped to build a huge population of mature bucks .

[tyler]

i have'nt heard anything about this but i hope they do.

[upatreestand75]

Haven't head anything either but I hope they do.  I am on the fence with it though.  I have really good genetics in my area.  I have about 7 different yearlings on cam this year and all but one meet that 4 point limit.  One of those is the smallest 9 point I have ever seen.  But in general I think it would be good for most of the state.

[tbone]

have not heard that, but I am all for it, it would help our herd a lot here in Oklahoma.

[MoDeer]

  Thought you all might like to know that after I asked this question here . I discovered that the employee that had told me about the APRs is the manager of the WMA that we hunted on . I would think he would be a reliable source . He had said that the Okla. Wildlife Commission had voted it in but it was too late to start this year so it would be in effect next year . 
 
   But it still surprises me that hunters in Oklahoma are not in the know on this . When Missouri went to APRs every hunter that wanted to voice there opinion could either through public meetings or filling out questionares . In the end our wildlife commission still done whatever it was that they wanted to do but at least we knew something was comming . 
 
   We had a lot of hunters compaining about the APRs when they first started but now 5 or 6 years later it is hard to find anyone complaining about them .
 
    I hope I have not missled anyone on here and that your wildlife commission goes through with there plan for APRs . It would be 2 or 3 years before you notice a difference in your deer quality . But after 3 years you will see a lot more mature bucks .