well, if season length is not the problem, then leave gun and bow season the same. cut the doe limit down to 2 , but leave the buck limit the same.
one buck ain't didly for such a long season!
I'm wonderin if the deer haven't gone nocturnal also. that would certainly explain the fewer deer sightings. I'm still bowhuntin, and I'm seein more deer sign, than I've seen since season started. especially tracks. so, I'm not so sure anymore, that there are actually fewer deer.

do any of you guys have game cameras? if everbody that owned a game camera, would put them to use now, that might give us an idea on how many deer are actually movin at night. I don't have one, but if I did I'd sure be usin it.

with all the tracks I'm seein, there has got to be a lot of deer on our lease. I'm not seein any in the late evenins, and very few in the mornins. my F-I-L says 4 or 5 deer can make a lot of tracks, which is true, but I'm seein different size tracks, so it's not just the same 4 or 5 deer makin all those tracks.

mr4pt, I'd lots rather see a good buck, than see a deer behind ever tree<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> that's why I was glad to see them make the 3 points on one side rule, and also allow 4 doe. but, I'm not so sure the doe limit shouldn't be cut back to 2 instead of 4 now.

If the deer have gone nocturnal, (which game cameras could tell us for sure) then, we just have to figure out how to make em want to move durin daylight hours.<img src=icon_smile_tongue.gif border=0 align=middle>

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