Jeff, i agree with you to not take a large amount of does if your land isnt at the carrying capacity. I assumed it was, but you know what they say about assumptions. Anyhow, according to the state for 2007-08, the one property i hunt has roughly 109 deer per square mile. For that same time period, only 12.1 deer were takenlast season and only 3.1 of those deer were bucks. These numbersare about average for years past as well. If i had to guess i would sayour ratio is about 1 buck for 5 or six does, so its not TOO out of wack, but its not toonormal to see bucks actively chasing does during therut, which leadsme to believe that there are a good number more does than bucks.Icould be WAY off though too.