ORIGINAL: GMMAT

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Agreed on all points...and I'll add.....

I don't even like waiting to kill them, really (read ANY doe). EVERY day that animal is alive.....it's eating (on average) 4 lbs of food. The quicker I take it out.....the more food that's left available for the rest of the herd (speaking STRICTLY for the woods "I" hunt). And again......if I choose to let her walk....not only is she possibly going to reproduce, but she stands a 50% chance of producing another doe fawn. I can't help but recall the Breck commercial where "and they'll tell two friends....and they'll tell two friends" makes me shudder (in terms of the breeding capabilities of these animals).

I have no problems with those who choose NOT to take these animals.....but the people who don't need to understand 2 things:

1. it's perfectly legal to kill them for most of us.

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2. There's a legitimate reason why we take these age class deer....and we typically have bag limits/tags that refelect this.

I've yet to see a man that shoots any of these deer in numbers come into a hunting forum and tout himself as a prolific hunter for doing so. If a man is proud of ANY deer killed, though....I'll congratulate him.