So what you may see in some counties this year could be a fairly significant decrease in the number of bucks killed but yet an increase still in doe kills as folks start shooting more does to “fix the ratio” like they’ve been taught to do……Take Blount Co for example….They’re only at 9% of last years buck harvest currently, fifth from last…..but they’re already at 32% of last years doe harvest which is the 7th highest among all counties and well ahead of the average right now……When hunters stop seeing as many bucks but are still seeing decent groups of does, a lot of folks are gonna start shooting the females saying they have a ratio problem,,,,,, and that’s when the issue of over harvest of bucks will compound on itself…..when the number of baby makers decreases and even less bucks are produced to go around........this is how average is going to go to poor for areas like these.

Last edited by CNC; 11/24/23 11:31 PM.

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