Antler Restrictions - voluntary or otherwise

[WNYBuckHunter]

but we are slowly seeing a push for better age class that wasn't around 10-15 years ago... who knows what the future brings... I like the fact that many more hunters are now passing younger bucks on their own without any law telling them... many of them are younger hunters too... and they are the future of hunting.

 

Exactly. Education. No need to force feed it to everyone with laws.

[jrm]

Question regarding antler restrictions:

 

With a bow license, you receive a tag for antlered or anterless deer. Regarding using that tag in an AR area...

 

Obviously, a doe is fine.

Obviously, a buck meeting the AR criteria is fine.

What about a buck with antlers not meeting the AR criteria? Is that considered "anterless" and legal to take, or does it fall under the AR rules and thus not legal to take?

 

 

 

 

 

[jjb4900]

Question regarding antler restrictions:

 

With a bow license, you receive a tag for antlered or anterless deer. Regarding using that tag in an AR area...

 

Obviously, a doe is fine.

Obviously, a buck meeting the AR criteria is fine.

What about a buck with antlers not meeting the AR criteria? Is that considered "anterless" and legal to take, or does it fall under the AR rules and thus not legal to take?

no good, not considered antlerless.........only buck you can tag as antlerless is a button, spikes less than 3" or shed bucks.

[jrm]

no good, not considered antlerless.........only buck you can tag as antlerless is a button, spikes less than 3" or shed bucks.

 

Thanks.  I just saw that the DEC has updated their AR web page and it has a diagram where they define "antlerless." That is new.

Edited November 20, 2014 by jrm