correct in theory but that's a pretty poorsolution to be forced to do. In other words we should take a few years off hunting in hopes of replenishing the herdin our areas. Hope all the neighbors do the same.

Everything has been covered here. The only thing I can add is:

WHAT A COMPLETE JOKE!! (i guess that's been covered as well)

I spend an enormous amount of time in the woods from mid summer to early spring.early scouting, bow season, gun season, late archery, late scouting, shed hunting, looking for my Titleist, etc...... Seems to me it's been on a serious downward spiral for the last 4-5 years. And it's got to the point where currentely IMO it's a complete fiasco.

We can't even manage our buck to doe ratio because we don't see enough of either to know what's out there. I have always practiced QDM and am selective in the bucks I will take (try to). I hate the mentality of being forced to "take what you can get". I'm afraid it's heading that way if it continues at this pace. The old "if it's brown it's down" days will be upon everyone once again. A successful hunt will be seeing a set of tracks in the snow and getting excited about it. It's a shame.

The worst part about it like someone else stated is....... how in the world can I get my 3 sons excited about hunting when they sit in a ground blind with me for hours and not see a single deer. At their ages I'd probably choose playstation too. Same concept as gettiing them involved in fishing. I take them out and catch all the rock bass and perch they can catch and they have an absolute ball. I don't take them trolling for salmon or lakers where the action is few and far between. You can introduce them to the woods, take them squirell hunting, teach them about deer sign and why it's there,etc.... But at the end of the day they need to see deer to get their interest peaked. That's what pisses me off the most about the whole situation.