I have a 4c license and would not dare shoot a doe on public land. I was out 5 times in 3 different locations for archeryand have not seen anything other than a spike and 2 fawns. Last year while the slaughter was going on I saw 5 buck and 3 doe in over 50 hours of hunting. Previously I have been very successful and usually see 40-50 deer per season. ( I keep a log) It is going to take a lot of years for this herd to recover.


I just returned from Montana and I can tell you on the ranch we hunted which was about 20,000 acres, we saw about 50-75 deer every evening. The deer looked very healthy and we saw numerous B&C deer. They didn't seem to be having any habitat problems like Alt stated.

This state has become a disaster.


This year will be a bust for me......