What other optionis thereto limit the average, "few days a season" hunters" from shooting any deer? I'd venture to say that most of these guys have no idea how to age a buck, as I am an experienced hunter and still have trouble doing that in the field other than in the obvious extreme old/young deer that I see.
Why do they need to be limited?
So they don't shoot your future trophy?
Do either of you archery hunt or muzzleloader hunt? Those seasons would permit a doe or buck in the archery,and a doe or buck in the muzzleloader unless you had filled your regular season buck tag.
Less then 1/2 the hunters in the state bow or mz hunt - those who don't, stand a very good chance of not drawing a doe tag.
Plus the mz season can be really nasty in the real upstate areas - combine that with the need to purchase and learn a new weapon should not be the only option for hunters to actually shoot a deer.
Steve