ORIGINAL: farm hunter
one more thing ,that may bother some,but i could care less, i get my hands on as many doe permits as possable, but i have never shot or will ever shoot a doe , as i see it through the years ive saved around 25 deer.
Explain to me (anyone) - how this is a positive course of action. Worse yet are guys that "call them in" -
When you mess with the system - you mess up what gets done with the information. At the very least - you cloud the results - and force the DEC to make assumptions that YOU don't agree with.
FH
Let me try. 5 off us hunt together and none of us use our doe permits but we do call them in. The reason is that way the DEC will think these does are being shot. If you get doe permits and don`t call them in then they will think that those deer were not taken and need to issue the permits again.If you really think the DEC goes out and counts deer herds your crazy. I think we should get a meeting set up for area hunters and then sit down with a DEC officer and talk about how they work. Maybe if we get info from them personally then we`d understand it more clearly. Just my 2 cents. Anyone in for this get together?
mike