We have all heard and talked about those words...

Here's some supporting figures from one of the largest taxidermy outfits in this area...

Let's start with a comparison of the four years PRIOR to ARs to the 4 years after ARS .. MINUS 2002.(the transition year)

Bucks received ==
averaged 291 prior to ARs 1998-2001

averaged 328 after ARs 2003-2006

Points ==
averaged 8.499 prior to ARs 1998-2001

averaged 8.672 after ARs 2003-2006

Spread ==
averaged 16.144 prior to ARs 1998-2001

avergaed 16.978 after ARs 2003-2006

That's a 22.8% increase in the number of bucks received after ARs

That's a 2% increase in the average number of points after ARs

That's a 5.2% increase in spread after ARS

MORE AND BIGGER  

Let's now look at the 2006 bucks he received...

Total number received in 2006 was 419.... no typo.... 419 received...


averages for those 419 buck=
points = 8.762
spread = 17.260

remember the averages prior to ARS were =
points = 8.499
spread = 16.14

BIGGER BUCKS and 419 is sure more than the 291 average number received prior to ARs

NOT WORKING ?????

A collection of 95 jaw bones and matching antlers were taken and aged and scored by professionals..

Of those 95 bucks here is the break-down by age...

1.5 = 6
2.5 = 37
3.5 = 33
4.5 = 13
5.5 =  4
6.5 =  2

averages for those same 95--

SPREAD=
1.5 = 13.083
2.5 = 16.130
3.5 = 17.434
4.5 = 18.558
5.5 = 17.563
6.5 = 18.688

POINTS=
1.5 = 8.17
2.5 = 8.22
3.5 = 9.03
4.5 = 8.69
5.5 = 8.00
6.5 = 8.50


Smallest of the 95 by age group==
(I added points and spread together)
1.5 = 8 point...12 inch spread
2.5 = 8 point...12 inch spread
3.5 = 7 point...14.5 inch spread
4.5 = 8 point...17 inch spread
5.5 = 8 point...16 inch spread
6.5 = 7 point 16.5 inch spread

Largest of the 95 by age group==
(I added points and spread together)
1.5 = 8 point...15.25 inch spread
2.5 = 14 point...23 inch spread
3.5 = 14 point...17.375 inch spread
4.5 = 8 point...22.5 inch spread
5.5 = 8 point...19.250 inch spread
6.5 = 10 point..20.875 inch spread

In total (of the 95 aged)

9 had spreads of over 20 inchs
11.750 was the smallest
23 inchs was the largest


37 had more than 8 points..
3 with 6 points were the smallest
2 with 14 points were the largest

Just some more to think about before we say that ARs are not working.. you can definately see they are working by this outfit's record keeping..

 

--Last edited by Dr Trout on 2007-05-30 23:35:39 --

Doc, like I said in another post, I saw a buck in velvet the antlers were as long as his ears and he was sporting 4 points with a real thick base on both antlers.

I think it is working

Doc,

If RSB hasn't already posted these stats on HPA would you consider posting them on the HPA website? It would be interesting to see peoples comments regarding the upward trend in all of the data, especially the 419 last year vs the averages.

Tks Dave

Observer...

Welcome to the message board...

I asked RSB for the charts and graphs he has for these figures and asked if I could share the information on them with the folks here on his board and he agreed.

Since it's his information I am sure if he wanted to share it with guys at that site he already has or he would...  ??

So I'll stay on the good side of my "sources" and just share them here...

Thanks for posting though..  

--Last edited by Dr Trout on 2007-06-01 09:39:20 --