Originally Posted by Pwyse


The problem is exactly what you said above. Something like “ O don’t mean don’t have fun and shoot a deer if you want to.” Well if 7 people have 1000 acres leased and they all kill one deer to not take the fun out of it you are kinda going against what needs to happen.


The problem is that we’ve gotten to a low hunter to deer ratio……The deer population has been whittled down to the point that you’re exactly right….. every hunter cant shoot one anymore…..There’s not enough for everyone to “fill the freezer”…….The base population needs to come back up for those things to be possible. You’ll never get everyone on board and that’s part of the point in choosing to manage the way I suggested. You know it’s a given that there are numerous “squares” around you that will still be whacking their share and opening up holes…….And really that’s ok….. as long as there’s enough people playing a different game to prop up the population.

Folks that know don't shoot old does........ wink