ORIGINAL: BowHuntingFool
I hunt in a unit here in Wisconsin where I can kill as many antlerless deer as I want, as long as I buy a $12.00 tag, which are pretty much unlimited with over 25,000 tags available for this one unit!!! I still don't notice that the herd is being thinned, every Doe I see has at least twins in tow!
Would be nice if Ohio was like Wis as far as deer numbers go. Some parts of the state have plenty and some have little. I hunt both out of necessity. I know first hand how quickly you can go from seeing some to seeing none in low density area's just from taking some doe's. Ohio’s coming along. Someday maybe. Until then, have bow, will travel. If we ever get to 750,000 we'll be over the hump. Until then it can go either way.
I'm with you Buckeye. I don't believe there is any need for people other than hunters to thin deer numbers. Heard from a guy in NY that were he lives S.S. not only slaughter a herd but then compound it by dumping them in the landfill.