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Originally posted by Jeff Valovich:
once the centerfire crap kicks in, we'll just have to wait and we will see what the kill's are for the first several years....I say it goes up for a few years, then drops, bad....we will see.....
When pcrs were being debated the same thing was said. What happened?


According to the IDNR harvest data....

In 2008, shotguns accounted for 53% of total harvest and pcrs accounted for 1% for a total of 54%.

In 2013, shotguns accounted for 37% of total harvest and pcrs account for 15% for a total of 52%.

Virtually the same total percentage of the harvest.....

And while there is no way to know what will happen if hprs are allowed, based on this history, I would imagine the change will consist mostly of hunters trading one firearm for another.

But we'll obviously need the data to confirm that.