ORIGINAL: Bill Yox
I offered self control asan option.
That's great.........but it's not reality so no use pretending. A couple hundred thousand random people and the answer is self control?? That is a dream world. The only way most guys aren't gonna fill a tag is if they don't have one. You can't HOPE they don't do something..........you have to MAKE them not do it by not giving out baskets of tags.
Bottom line, there were too many deer.
What proof do you have that this is true??
The state issued many permits to kill many deer and reduce the herd. The hunters did just that, knowingly.
That is ABSOLUTELY false IMO.........they didn't think they were reducing the herd. They were told that they had to fill more tags just to keep up with the ever expanding herd because it was still growing at the levels we were killing.
Now, AFTER they get their freezer full, they complain theres no deer, and it has to be DECs fault.
If the DEC had been honest with hunters and told them that we are gonna give you guys extra tags BUT.........the herd is gonna take a beating and you can expect deer numbers to be way down in the coming years.........I doubt very many people would have agreed to that.