Catscratch
5 year old buck +
I can see how more bucks could potentially make it to maturity without the any season tag. Thats a hard one to scientifically prove though. Hard to know if a deer killed during archery season wouldn't have been killed during rifle season. I dont squat about the leasing situation, I would have made the assumption that a lease would cover all seasons regardless of what type of permit the hunter had. I didnt know that leases are season specific.
My main stance on it is if a guy has to chose a weapon and only hunt it's season that a lot of guys would stick with their rifles, this would open up more opportunities to resident archery hunters. Before crossbows a person had to be pretty dedicated to archery practice and season. Now with they any season tag and an archery weapon that requires little practice I feel our archery season has become flooded. I'd like to see it go back to making a choice to which season you wanted to hunt and then stick with it. BUT... I still buy the any season tag so feel free to call me a hypocrite.