Well many could say this about killing deer in general. I have had many argue this exact point with me about hunting deer or any other game animal. In my state it is legal to kill more than one doe or antlerless deer in a day as long as you have the tags. I'm not sure what the current laws are for this year but you used to be able to get a doe tag a day for private property. So if you had seven tags you could kill seven deer in one sitting if you really wanted to. And they issue the tags so you will kill the deer, not so you can keep them in your wallet as mementos.

Not everyone hunts solely for the meat or for the "thrill". A lot of people in my area hunt for population control or crop damage. We simply have too many deer for the habitat which means more crop damage and increased accidents. To some farmers they are nothing more than big woodchucks. I hunt for all three reasons, the meat and the thrill of the hunt are nice bonuses, but I kill deer because the state wants me to. I feel it's my duty. Hey, I'm just doing my part.

I actually normally only kill one deer a year though, but I have no problems with others that kill as many as they want, as long they are not poaching and don't leave the animal lay to waste. The point is to thin the herd, not let them go to see how big they can get. That is the difference between Deer Management and "Quality" Deer Management. Most people that follow QDM are more concerned with trophy hunting than they are about controlling the ecosystem. Then again if we didn't suck up all the habitat by building strip malls and crap it probably wouldn't be that big of problem.

Paul