We try to harvest at least as many does as bucks on our lease. But, it seems to me that the more important element, as long as your herdis within the carrying capacity of the land, is to stop the inferior bucks from breeding. It seems to me that shooting does is only essential to the extent that you don't want to overpopulate your habitat. I'd hate to shoot a doe that had just been impregnated with a future 220" 12 point...