ORIGINAL: bawanajim
ORIGINAL: early in
ORIGINAL: bawanajim
ORIGINAL: early in
ORIGINAL: bawanajim
I really think if the ratio is that out of balance the only reasonable thing to do is stop killing any bucks at all.
"Savethe rage for a nanny!" Should be your slogan.
If as those of you state killing does is the best thing that can happen to herd health ,then the other mortality that takesthe greatest toll on bucks is man kinds harvest of said bucks .
We can't stop cars,winter storms or the rut,which are the leading causes of buck mortality, but ethics and morals alone should be enough for you herd dynamic folks to call off the buck slaughter for the good of a healthy herd of deer.
This is EXACTLY why I think we need "Earn a Buck" in my specific WMU! Come on PGC, get with the "program"!!!
They don't need killed at all. If the ratio is as bad as you say,then if you shoot a buck you are the problem not the solution.
I let "legal" bucks walk with regularity.
With your 10 - 1 ratio your either seeing a pile of deer or your not letting that many walk.
Think if you and two of your friends didn't kill a buck for 4 years but instead each killed five does. You would then be proud stewards of the land ,and become what we all strive to be, a true conservationist.
Like I said previously, I'm lucky to have a smallportion of state land (1200 acres) that is bow only to hunt, and yes I see a ton of deer! Are you jealous?
