You have a great point Josh. Do you have a problem when fish and game place a length limit on bass? Its done for the quality of the bass. It works with deer to if enough people subscribe to it in the area or it is forced upon them.
I dont have a problem with that, due to the simple fact that 99.9% of bass wont live to see 5 lbs, whether you fish for them or not. I've read some studies that claim that 1 out of 1,000 eggs a fish lays will reach maturity.
Deer have no where near that mortality rate. Deer are over populated here as it is, even with the "brown its down" mentality.