Anyone here ever heard of DCAP permits? There kind of like DMAP permits which allow you to take extra does during the seasonoff of certain lands(usually agricluture). Only difference is DCAPpermits(kill permits)allow farmers/whoever to reduce deer numbers year round, day or night,only catch is you are supposed to leave the deerwhere it lays. That's right, completely wasted and left to rot.

Only reason I mention this is a lot of guys just hunt deer, they know about deer huntingand that's about it. They almost put deer on a pedestal and I guess that's why I say I havea different perspective. Ever see an old family farmer have a tough couple ofyears weather wise and then next year when his crop is actually doing well he loses 40% to wild life crop damage. It doesn't take too many years of that for the farmerto start thinking about hanging it up, and many do, I'm sure there are lots of other contributing factors(money) but the deer/animals can wreak havoc on small farms.

That type ofthing leads to a different mentality towards deer, they are not put on a pedestal. It's actually the opposite in some areas they are looked uponabout like a racoon inyour trash can. Hunt on some of the farms I hunt and tell the farmer you passed a small buck or a bunch of does and you can believe he williinform you there is no QDMA program in place and you had better start loosing some arrows or burning some powder. I am not some blood thirsty deer hating bambi killer but some places I hunt we kill lots of deer, more out of necessity than anything and sometimes it can become like work.3 seasons ago I killed 18 deer, I doubt I'll ever do that again as it was too much work and even last year I slowed down a ton and just killed 6. Some people not from around herelook at you like you are crazy when you say I only killed 6 last season. That seems like a ton tothem but to many guys around here they would be thinking "Why so few?" Another thingis when you have 10, 15 deer hanging to get processed it's like an assembly line and some stuff gets pushed to the wayside. I'm not saying it's right but its real.

I know it's long and off topic but it goes to what I was saying earlier about different perspectives on deer and deer hunting and how much those perspectivescan vary from region to region and hunter to hunter.
Carry on.