I think what they may be surmising is, since the limit was imposed, once a hunter got his or her 3 bucks they were done. They may have in the past been killing 6 or 8 or 10 etc.

2 deer a day is still 2 deer a day, regardless of the sex of the deer.

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.

Nevermind........

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.

How accurate are those numbers? No one ever asks me how many I harvested....

All it says is standard error 4%. So I guess they presume it to be within 4%

My opinion is it was a combination of the liberal doe season that was put in place to reduce deer numbers. The problem is it was applied to the entire state instead of only the areas where the population needed to be reduced. Along with the rise of the coyote population that exploded about that same time. The explosion in the coyote population was probably unforeseen at that time. I just hope they don't wait to long until they decide we have reduced the herd enough is most places that doe season needs reduced. Or 8-10 years from now we will be talking about how good it use to be before the herd was reduced to the point it couldn't recover due to increased coyote population which must be factored in to the doe harvest going forward.

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

You really think a form that they can create, stops them from killing what they want? It's not about comprehension, it's about not agreeing with you.

I think at least 70% of hunters will follow the 3 buck limit, maybe more...so yea, I agree the 3 buck limit could/ should/ has had an impact on number of bucks killed since 07...people will generally kill same number of does every year, given the limit doesn't change so I don't see the 2 does a day as a factor in decline of deer killed (assuming the state's numbers are even close to being correct).