RE: Terrible gun season (NY)
here in pa. the antler restriction is workingIF the hunters dont shoot little bucks..we are seeing more bigger racks this year but do to the pgc/dcnr doe killing, very few deer..
we stopped killing doe but most hunters still are..THATS what is ruining the hunting..
first, 3 point to side should have been rule here in pa for ALL..shooting little bucks is hurting..
i saw only 3 fawns this year all summer..old doe here in pa are gone..that was your fawn breeders..deer is luckly to make it to age 3 now..30 years ago, that was NORMALL..you have lots of fawns..
hunters today will shoot a fawn, they dont care..
we are ones pulling trigger on doe..personely, i see hunting for deer getting a LOT worst than it is here in pa also..hunters have no respect for doe or they would not shoot one ..statements i hear, BROWN ITS DOWN, I NEED FREEZER MEAT AND FAWNS ARE GOOD,I HAVE TO SHOOT DOE OR OTHERS WILL,MY WIFE WONT LET ME HUNT UNLESS I BRING DOE HOME,KIDS MAKE FUN OF ME IF I DONT BRIONG DOE HOME,I HAVE TOI GET MY MONEY BACK ON MY LICENSE COST,DEER WILL STARVE UNLESS I SHOOT 3 DOE..on and on..
we are most disgusted group of hunters i have seen in the 42 years i have been out there..where is respect for doe/fawns..i remember when you never told a person you shot a doe, it was not something that was great thing..
you did it because deer in your area needed thin out a LITTLE..you never shot fawn..
now deer are less and are still being killed off..go out to wisconsin and ask them about doe killing, they started way before ny/pa put in this doe killing program..its hard to even SEE a deer in wisconsin..
i remember when that state was great deer hunting state..
there is only 1 way out of this mess, doe hunting must be stopped and only 1 deer and your done..none of this crazy 3 or 4 deer per season..