sproulman,the reason Alt wanted hunters to pass on small doe and fawns was to reduce the herd faster.The fastest and most efficient way to reduce the herd is to shoot matures does.They produce the most fawns and their fawns have a much better survival rate.I really don't have much of the problem with the plan Alt implemented.What I have a problem with is the way he sold it.Instead of being honest and telling hunters the truth,he made ridiculous claims that could never come true.You can't reduce the herd to the levels he was shooting for and expect to have more and bigger bucks.You also can't expect the buck harvest to increase after the first year of AR when you're still reducing the herd.the biggest thing that bothered me about Alt is how he tried to claim the herd was actually increasing as of 2003.The guy's nuts.