In ILL. we are lucky and can shoot unlimited does and 2 bucks, so we are choosie with our buck tags and we have tons of does, so we shoot does from Oct.1 til Oct 20. Then only buck hunt from then till December, dont want to shoot a doe thats in heat with a big ole buck trailing here 100 yards back.. Then in Dec we go after does again till close of season.
We took 38 does last year off 400 acres and couldnt really tell we touched them, thats 6 people hunting, and since we started taking does, our bucks have improved greatly..
I think alot of hunters are after big head gear, so let the little ones walk works for us..They cant grow up if they are hangingin a tree..
I always liked talking to the old timers who would be screaming that there are no big bucks and you look in there garage and there are 50 4 & 6 point racks hanging from the wall