Originally Posted By: Out back
Originally Posted By: gdalecoach
The only thing I don't like about the three buck limit is if you hunt public land you have only a couple of weeks to shoot a doe. If they want to grow bigger deer they need to make it easier to shoot something other than the first small buck that walks out. I try to be selsctive but when you aren't able to kill a doe during doe days then you have to take whats available.


I've been screaming that very argument, from the rooftops, since before there was an imaginary buck limit.
Feds aren't interested, they defer to state for seasons & bag limits on NF lands.
State seems only to be interested in expanding their rule over private lands, leaving public land hunters to scavenge for tiny morsels that fall from the plate.


I agree Outback. On most NF land I hunt, the buck/doe ratio is getting way out of whack. There are very few mature bucks also. I think an earlier doe season and a longer one will greatly benefit the deer herd there. I am not opposed to a tag system, it would keep an honest man honest. If some hunters would use better judgement, we wouldn't have a 3 buck limit anyway. I know of some people who used to kill as many as 20 deer a year. If some people have unfilled tags and want to give one to another hunter who has met their limit I wouldn't be opposed to that either.

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