Guys,

Get off his back about the NO Doe thing. I for one agree with him. On our farm we take no Does. Missouri's Conservation Department has decided in recent years to give unbelievable amounts of doe tags. I've watched the population steady decline. On my farm we went from seeing several deer per day to just a few. So the last few years we have said that we wouldn't kill any Does. Our population is rebounding while all the neighbors complain about there not being any deer like there use to be. Now if There gets to be too many does on my place then we will take a few. Thats it end of story. Why do you guys feel the need to take his or my management to task. You don't even know the situation. Blanket statements like: "you have to kill does to manage the herd properly" is rediculous. In some areas you there may be too few does.

Try to keep peace with family, but be firm. Your first mistake was waffling with the senior citizen, allowing him to take does. You should have stood firm.