ORIGINAL: P DOG
I wouldnt mine a one buck rule here in Illinois
Why do you support something that puts unnecessary restrictions on deer hunters, if IDNR reports no significant impact on the herd when hunters harvest more than 1 buck?
Consider that there are some of us, maybe you included, who enjoy hunting by more than just one method. I like the opportunity to take a buck with my bow and a buck with my muzzleloader. Given those opportunities, I'm more than happy to take an equal number or even double that number of does. I think, in honesty, few are as strongly motivated to spend the sametime and money doe hunting without the opportunity to harvest a buck.
I may be wrong in this conclusion, but, if you look at the harvest numbers from the antlerless only season, I think I make a valid point.