I live in the timber capital of the south and I know what you are talking about with having what looks to be plenty of food. Whether there is enough for what you have to have a healthy herd is different than having enough for the does to keep breeding and having multiple fawns. there is a big difference between a big herd and a healthy herd. We started this hunting club in 1992 after a few years of hunting this area. We got on a management program and were issued over 100 doe tags and even with us filling half of them every year we still get over 100. The thing that has changed is that we have somewhat equaled out the population and our bucks have gotten bigger and most importantly our herd has gotten healthier. I've never hunted up north so I really don't have a grasp as to what you guys have up there. But I was raised to not shoot does and since I have done research on my own and studied proper deer management I have learned different. All I can say is call your congressman and complain about them giving in to the PETA's and other wacko groups. We have to take a stand for what we believe in or we will lose it to those nut jobs.