Originally Posted by hawndog
Originally Posted by Mbrock
Originally Posted by Beadlescomb
I just don't understand the fascination with killing does I shot one a few years ago hunting with a buddy and that's the last one I'll ever kill. I shot a pile of them when I was younger and thought that's what hunting was all about but with the way the deer population is headed I'd just as soon let them make more babies.

Its not fascination. It’s necessity. And it is what hunting is about. Killing deer. If the area being hunted can support it it’s not bad. I will never understand the mentality of frowning on someone for killing a doe. It blows my mind. I smile every time I do it because it’s fun, puts meat on the table and helps manage the sex ratio and population.

Where are you hunting where the population is trending downward? The areas I work and hunt its the opposite. We’ve seen deer explosion over the last decade.

If you had ever hunted an area that was fracked due to too many does being shot it would no longer blow your mind. I'm glad many people have recognized the error where I hunt and deer numbers are finally rebounding.

That’s a product of poor management and not having the knowledge of knowing when to quit. Killing does is not an evil or bad thing. It’s a critical part of deer hunting and population management that can be done wrong just as easily as it can be done right. Moderation is the key to successful deer management. There’s plenty of places that can support it, just like there’s others that don’t need it. I’ve seen places mismanaged before and it can take years to recover. The point of what I’m saying is all doe killing is not the problem here. It can be in some places. That’s why limited opportunity to kill does exist on some public lands and zones in the state. In others killing does is not hurting a thing.