RE: Killing the right Does
They didn't really go in to exterminate the does, but, I am assuming here< they seemed to think, when killing does to bring the herd into balance, that they should concentrate on the older ones. Keep in mind this was spread out over some years (my bad for not mentioning the time frame) so it wasn't like they eradicated all of the old ones in one year. Anyway, the "broad age spectrum" concept is what makes sense to me and I thought it would be good to share.