ORIGINAL: joedjr
In N.J you must shoot an anterless deer before you can shoot a buck for bow, permitbow, permit shotgun , permit muzzleloader and winter bow. That means I shoot 5 (fawns if need be) deer in addition to my bucks each year. I shoot any deer that passes in front of me in order to now legally shoot a buck in each season. If its a fawn, down it goes. Don't care, better than shooting a breeder.It also makes good dog food.Better than the dried stuff.
After spending hundreds of hours with NJ hunters and on NJ hunting websites...I would like to make it clear that the above statement does not reflect on the beliefs of many New Jersey Hunters. In fact the statement is not even correct. There are many parts of the state that do not require harvesting a doe before a buck. There is absolutely no need to harvest unwanted does simple to harvest a buck.