Originally Posted By: jlccoffee
Originally Posted By: Bucktrot

If they're shooting a bunch of does without good reason, then they're not practicing QDM!!!

That's my point!!! I 100% agree with you Hogwild that there are places where too many does have been killed and yotes are eating A LOT of fawns in many places around AL!!



There was a time, not long ago, that I heard several biologists say that we could not shoot too many does by legal hunting means. That seems to be changing. I don't fault a biologist or any other expert for their opinion or for stating their opinion but I do think they should always qualify that by letting people know it is only an opinion.



At the same time hunters thru legal means can not completely kill off a deer herd, it has been tried several times and hasn't happened. I even know of a small fenced in place that couldn't kill all the local deer, they tried every legal means.

Not sure if the Sandhills Project had wolves at the time they tried to legally kill off the deer up there.

The coyote's role has changed and maybe the biologist will include that into the equation now.

Last edited by cartervj; 02/12/12 01:52 PM.

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