I've hunted deer in Wisconsin for more years then I care to count. I lived through the times when it was buck only in my area or remember the four man party tags? I am also a land owner. I do not allow does shot on my property. Yet there were no deer spotted on my land. I did not shoot the herd off at my place. So who did?

IMO the DNR made a concentrated effort to eradicate the deer herd. They have done this through scare tactics warning us of the need to end CWD, and this earn a buck was just crazy. When all I want is one deer for the freezer, why would I want to hunt a doe?They forced me to shoot a doe. Even though a buck is what I wanted to hunt.

And I do blame Wisconsin hunters a little. Some during the past years would brag.I would listen to them brag about the number of doe they shot, I used to tell them.. shoot all the cows in the barn and your calf crop is not worth a hoot next year. Now they are suffering.

And myself and others did go to meetings with the DNR. We did voice our concern that the doe herd was being shot off. And we were assured that our concerns would be taken into consideration. Only to see additional doe tags out in our area the next year. So much for our opinion. After all these geniuses are the ones that can't guess the approximate deer herd size. They are the ones that determine what is best for Wisconsin hunters. I wonder how they will handle a big reduction inthe number of licensed hunters next year?

The DNR tried to lay theblame because we did not hunt hard enough. I call BS on that. Why would you stay in an area and hunt,when there are no fresh track or sign in the snow? Does the DNR believe we have numerous places to hunt? Most hunters have one or two places at best,they can hunt. I hunt my property. I scout my property. From the sign I saw this fall, I knew the season would be bad. Go hunt a new area? The DNR must not have ever talked to farmers and land owners who tell you NO! And then, we did not make enough drives.. try making a drive when you come to a neighbors fence line that has not hunting trespassing signs posted. Are you going to break the law? So much for the drive. Or, you ever try to make drives in the national forest? Start walking past people on stand and listen to how they feel about you tramping through the woods on them. Or try and cover that stretch of woods in the forest sometimes. Its ruff. And then this ... we used the wrong formula to figure the herd. What a crock. They lied to us to sell license. Plain and simple. You can always tell when the DNR is not telling you the truth because their lips are moving. They had us shoot off the deer herd to make insurance companies happy. And now they realize the hunter, the ones that buy the license, the ones who's license fees basically help support DNR programs,and support the local economies with money during deer season are MAD. Oops! Now what? Well lets blame them. They were greedy. Well that won't work. We used the wrong formula? Again, dumb reason. So now its.. the herd reduction is now down to where WE want it. Who is WE? It sure as the devil is not ME.

Well I've shot plenty of deer in my life. But I will not hunt my land or allow anyone else to hunt or cross my property, until I am satisfied the deer herd is where I WANT IT. NOT THE DNR.. WHERE I WANT THE DEER HERD TO BE. Its my land, I buy the license. I also encourage all hunters in Wisconsin to teach the DNR a lesson. Don't buy a license for a couple years in a row. Lets see how they handle the lack of license fees. Lets watch our deer herd grow again. That will teach the DNR who controls the deer numbers and where we want our deer herd to be. Hit them in their pocket books.