NY did the same thing for years. In fact, they got to relying so much on the extra zillion dollars they collect from doe permits they kept increasing them. We(the hunters) who have been hunting there for 40 years have been saying stop the doe permits, but they kept on. This year they finally stopped them because kill numbers were so low. We used to see 20 or 30 deer a day. This year 4 of us saw a total of 9 does on our annual trip. An especially hard winter and we might see NONE next year. I agree, a bunch of non hunting college grads trying to develope a plan that makes them famous. They really don't listen to the people in the woods. Oh sure, there are still some deer there, but Chenango County is hurting.