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Originally posted by jbwhttail:
Let me clarify in one sentence...............


People are seeing less deer, yet, they want a longer range tool in which to kill those same deer seen.


Gotta love the "I" want mine........
I believe you expressed the root of the issues(s) - "I want mine...." Sometime over the years the expression of success seems to have changed from "...I got a ..." to "I got my...." I must have been fishing when the allocation of deer to individuals happened. Deer hunting/taking has changed over the years and will continue to change. It used to be a novelty sport here, now it is an industry. Oh, there is still $port, but it seems to be more and more about the buck$.