I have so many hunts where I don't see any deer that when I actually see something I have a dilemma. I really want to shoot because I hunt so hard without seeing many deer but I feel guilty if I shoot a doe because I'm just adding to my first problem.

Does anyone know an estimate of how big an effect killing one doe has on the population in 5 years? I bet it's close to 15 less deer and keeps growing exponentially.

I'm not against shooting does but the places I hunt (mostly public land) there seems to be a low population.