I'm confused what you're saying? is it an earn a buck tag program? I wish we had one here in IL, or at least a earn a 2nd buck tag program.....the area I hunt is a tad out of whack, but I hear some counties in IL are very back buck/doe, like 1:13 or something.
Earn-a-buck is no big deal. Yes we do have that, but the thing they have returned this year is an October antlerless hunt. In past years that hunt was scheduled smack dab at the beginning of the rut: late October. Original reason given for the timing was it coincided with the teachers conference when kids were out of school. So in theory, there were supposed to be more hunters. Problem was it never really worked out that way...in fact the October hunts in general have never lived up to their original harvest goals, but they DID do a good job ofirritating bowhunters.
So at least if we have to have an October hunt, they are putting it in the middle of October as opposed to messing up primebowhunting time. I rant to a greater degree on my webpage, but I'll spare this thread in the interest of simplicity.