Originally Posted by cartervj



Are you saying to quit hunting that property to let buck numbers catch back up?
Shoot does to maintain population of does and no bucks

They never will if birth rates are 50/50 buck to doe.


How does it pan out?



I said that shooting does wouldn’t fix the problem. If I’m not mistaken the property Doc is referring to is 100 acres or less….or there abouts…….If all the folks in the “neighborhood” are collectively shooting too many bucks then him shooting his does is just gonna mean he’ll have less deer….It doesn’t do anything to change the over harvesting of bucks that’s occurring. You’ll just end up with a situation where the land could support more deer but you’re keeping it suppressed because everyone is whacking bucks at a high rate.


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