Matt:

How would you ever keep tabs on your buck:doe ratio, then?

Do you just discount all fawns and use the data you have on the 1.5 yr olds+? I can see this working "kind of". BUT.....you have to admit that the bucks are going to take a beating by hunters moreso than the does. If you're only counting yearling bucks/does.....YOUR ratio is going to reflect a much greater differential than what is the "true" ratio. Does that make sense?