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Proposed deer hunting rule would teach a lesson

Quick: how many antler points are on this whitetail buck's rack? (FILE)
Quick: how many antler points are on this whitetail buck's rack? (FILE)

HUNTING -- Here's an obsevation for the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission, which will vote April 8 on a controversial antler point restriction proposed for Game Management Units 117 and 121 in Stevens County.

A four-point minimum rule is a wasteful way to educate hunters on how many three-point whitetail bucks don’t have one-inch brow tines.



Rich Landers
Rich Landers joined The Spokesman-Review in 1977. He is the Outdoors editor for the Sports Department writing and photographing stories about hiking, hunting, fishing, boating, conservation, nature and wildlife and related topics.

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