I am sure it will happen, but then again it hopefully will make most hunters do what it's supposed to and get some more does killed. If you read the regs, your first buck it "free" You don't have to "earn' it, the 2nd and 3rd" must be earned. You can also pre-qualify by killing two does early on and then hunt as normal. For me it's a no brainer I shot 9 deer last year ( using bonus tags) and 7 were does. I am glad to see the earn a buck and I love the convience of the phone in check stations, but like everything else I am sure there will be abuses. I hunt in 3 different counties two of which are effected by the earn a buck program so I will have to be real careful about what I shoot were, but then again that's hunting in VA.