John think of it this way you are part of the states plan in your area. So you decide that the state has a good enough plan that you don't need to harvest does. Well maybe you adjoining land owners think the same thing. THen what kind of problem is not the state in but your locality. As for your question of were will your herd be in 10 years of you stop taking does probably about the same if you just stop. But if the above situation happened you would see small bedraggled deer that no one likes to shoot. So wheather you hunt for horns or meat the quality of the hunt is deminished.