I agree, Brian.

And with that being the case, that is why I get irritated at the DNR and their contention that the units are still over goal and we still need a t-zone, or earn-a-buck, or whatever. It is baffling to me that the goals are largely achieved, but that is still not good enough. Again, it simply leads to a lot of resentment from landowners and hunters when the DNR tries to solve a problem that isn' t there.

We had the same problem with the herd being out of whack. Now that the ratio is more in line with a sustainable level...with regard to reproductive potential and available resources...we have seen a great increase in results. I won' t say that trophybook bucks are " common" , but we tend to see at least one taken every year. In the past, it was one every 3 or 4 years. Of course, passing up the little ones had an impact, but we did not notice any real benefit until we started shooting out more does.