ORIGINAL: DougE
Idon't shoot bb's because they aren't worth my time to process.However,I boggles my mind that people think they're helping the buck numbers by passing on a bb and shooting a mature doe.You're still killing a buck either way.It really doesn't matter one way or the other.The percentage off bb's harvested has remained stable for sveeral years.You can't blame lack of buck sightings on guys shooting bb's.
How is killing a mature doe killing a buck regardless? Doug, that is totally an assumption. You need to understand that not all pregnant doe give birth to a male offspring. It could very well be twin doe fawns, it could be a barren doe which is not unheard of in PA and yes, it could be twin male offspring too however if a doe is taken prior to breeding there is even more of an assumption that she is bred at all.
I'd still sooner take a mature doe, or a fawn doe more specific over a button head every season of my life. Taking out 5 buttons and no doe is nonapprehensible against an already unbalanced herd.