Anyone getting sick of the slaughter regs we have here in many DMZ's in the garden state? I've really had it with being forced to shoot a doe before every one of our seasons. Fall Bow/Permit Bow/Permit Shotgun/ Muzzleloader/Winter Bow. Basically if you want to hunt bucks throughout the season we need to kill 5 does.

Although some may argue it, these regs simply aren't good deer management. The most ridiculous thing about these regs are that they apply in both public and private land. Let's say you hunt in zone 7, like I do. How can the division justify having such liberal limits on state owned land such as the Clinton WMA which gets HEAVY hunting pressure every day of the week. Meanwhile the same regs apply to the 200 acre farm down the road hunted by only 2 guys.

It's crazy, the deer heard in many of the best WMA's is simply getting wiped out. What we need are different, more stringent regs for our WMA's simply because of the hunting pressure they get. I can see forcing the guy on the 200 private acres to shoot a doe, but to force every hunter hunting state land within these "slaughter" zones is a recipie to erradicate deer herds within such areas. I for one have stopped hunting WMA's for this reason completely. Fortunately, I have many other options, but not everyone does. So, does anyone other NJ hunter feel this way, or I am I the only person bothered by this gross mismanagement of our deer herds on public lands?