Originally Posted by CNC
Doe numbers should be based off of the carrying capacity of the land…..If the land is in good shape and the deer are in condition then its not an issue with too many does….its an issue with hunters shooting too many bucks…..Shooting does will not fix that. It will only cause you to have less deer and less bucks produced.



Exactly. Had a biologist come to my place, just a few miles south of where eyedoc hunts. Told me , we were nowhere near healthy herd capacity. Had several hunters tell me I had too many does, needed to start shooting them. Biologist looked at browse line and food,I asked the hunters why they thought we had too many, and their answer was cause I see 20 does and no bucks. Kinda crazy how we come to the conclusions we do. It hasn't been until recently you've heard of hunters saying they have too many deer, kinda like a banker saying I have too much money!