You have to look at his "long term" motive, it goes back to crossbow, he now can hunt with it everyday the season is open. He could with a two buck rule have at least 34 dyas to hunt with a gun for a buck. He wont hunt a reduction hunt as an alternative, he only gets a couple days there.

This is all about his need to take antlered deer, he openly states he lets others take the antlerless deer, they aren't a challenge for him....