Age structure based on point numbers does not work though. Many mature bulls will never be anything other than a 5x5. Similarily, many bulls will be a 6x6 at age 3. There is definitely no one size fits all when it comes to managing these herds. Alberta is just too vast and different from east to west and north to south. what works in the prairie zones likely wont work in the foothills. Add to the fact that they leave so many of the hunts until after the rut, many of the bigger bulls are no longer with the big herds and this makes them very tough to find. This in my opinion is the cause of so many raghorns being shot.
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