How did we grow a herd so large in the past that the state felt like we all needed to start a wholesale slaughter of does in order to get in back under control? How did we do that with without GC and the threat of life in prison to reign in all of the “outlaws” of this state?
Because for 50 years Kelly and crew did not allow any doe deer to be harvested period. None. Next question?
I know this is hyperbole, but I remember legally shooting does in 1977. There might have been a season before that, but I'm sure there was one that year. We didn't have any deer at all in the area prior to about 1962, so the does had full protection for about 15 years. Those dates will vary some in other areas.
You're 100% correct but you get the point that I was making. Charles protected the does to the extreme as the herd was getting re-established and long after the population exploded. The herd could have handled a limited doe harvest long before he actually allowed the first ones to be killed. If I remember right, it was a doe day or maybe just a couple days in the initial years, then I think it went to a full week for legal doe harvest. With him at the helm, it absolutely would never have gone to Oct 15th to Feb 10th as the open doe season. Troy, Matt and Nighthunter probably know the allowed harvest progression far better than I can remember.
