I think that doe killing statewide should be banned except for farmers to get permits for does due to crop damage. I hunted Sumpter county years ago. There was a tremendous amount of deer. We didn't kill does and there were plenty of deer every year. I never saw an unhealthy or skinny deer. This talk of needing to remove does is BS!
My personal opinion on crop damage tags is that the farmer does not have rights to the tags unless they are already allowing hunters the opportunity to assist in thinning the herd. A couple around hear won't lease or allow permit hunting yet obtains several dozen crop damage permits each year. That's BS.
i bet i can tell why that is , because of dumb ass hunters that hunted it in the past . they didn't shut gates . to damn lazy to walk a little futher when it was wet around the fields . messed up drains in the fields whith four wheelers . i can go on .
it became easier to just kill the deer out of season than to mess with hunters .
