Just my opinion but I have seen a major decline in deer numbers since doe days went season long.
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That's right. Kill too many deer, you don't have many deer. This concept is hard to imagine for many of you, but when you live in an area with a small deer population to start with, it doesn't take much to upset the balance.
Our numbers are down from the past three years.
That's why when Jimmy has a lot of deer on his place and Joe don't then Jimmy don't give a damn if Joe has deer but when Jimmy is in Joes predicament then he is concerned.
Its not one size fits all anymore in this state and its about time.
So have you hired the State to manage the land that you hunt on? If not, why not? One size fits all does not mean that you have to kill 2 deer per day, or that you have to kill any deer.
The State has set some general guidelines and YOU are free to be as restrictive as you want on YOUR property. Hence, they do NOT force a landowner to allow hunting on their property to keep the prescribed age, sex ratio, antler mass, etc of the herd in check so the neighbor has good hunting.
MICRO-MANAGING from the top NEVER works! If it does name a single instance?
I know all about what the state has to offer seeing how I work for them.
I haven't killed a deer the past two seasons due to our numbers being down. I've had the opportunity but I chose not too.
I DON'T NEED any body to micro manage anything for me because I thank God he gave me enough sense to do it for myself.
Also common sense tells me that what is good for my place may not be the same a hundred miles north. IMO
So should the State micro-manage everybody else's property? I am not following the logic that you don't need the State micro-managing your property, but think the State should micro-manage all other property because one size doesn't fit all anymore?
Sounds to me like you are doing what the State intended by allowing you to be more restrictive because you know what is happening on your property better than them. Is everybody else different and can't figure it out on their own so it would be better for the State to micro-manage their properties?
"After all, it is not the killing that brings satisfaction; it is the contest of skill and cunning. The true hunter counts his achievement in proportion to the effort involved and the fairness of the sport." Dr. Saxton Pope
