A whole lot kill more than one. One with a bow, one with a gun. Easy to do. Now...I am sure the number that kills 3 drops considerably.

Agents get their authority from the MDC MO code of regs which is part of MO's state constitution. MDC's money is MDC's money...that is the way our state constitution is set up. By and large, the MDC gets their operating budget from the whatever less than one percent sales tax, along with private donations.

I am not saying you won't ever see an increase in NR fees. I am saying that in no way do I think that is the motivation behind regs that tweak our deer herd. Everyone certainly has their own opinions...and often folks choose to believe that everything everyone does has some kind of negative motivation. I happen to believe that MDC actually wants to manage our herd for population control and health first, while balancing out the needs/desires of all hunters (end users). Pretty tall order considering the extremely wide range of hunter opinions, methods, needs, and desires.No doubt about it, there is a growing number of MO residents that would like to see efforts to maximise our state's buck potential and provide us more trophy opportunity.