ORIGINAL: Screamin Steel
ORIGINAL: BTBowhunter
ORIGINAL: DougE
I suppose if you had good habitat and few deer,it would be stupid to shoot muntiple doe.I don't see that as a problem,However.On the other hand,I have no problems shooting multiple doe in poor habitat or habitat that's just starting to recover.2G is loaded with places like that.So yes,you should shoot doe in most places in 2g.
We have a few places developing into justthat situation in 2B. Unlimited tags and a super long seasonhas caused some isolated spots to be overharvested. The smallaccessable patches surrounded by poor access get stomped, of course, but the deer simply move back in after the pressue is gone. I can show you, however,two areas close to my home that are fairly large and basically open to most anyone and the deer numbers are certainly thinwhile the habitat is great. Most of the locals are execising restraint on the does now so the situation will probably correct itself.
So you admit that the hunters should be making mgt decisions better than the PGC, who is continuing to issue high numbers of doe tags for 2B, claiming severe overpopulation there?
Try and comprehend this. No management plan can assure that all areas will be harvested at the optimum level. When that happens, we as huntersowe it to our sport and to ourselvesto act responsibly when we are able to recognize a problem.
I'm not sure whats so hard to understand. If your hunting area has been overharvested, don't kill does there. If you still choose to shoot a bunch of does and button bucks when you feel the deer density is too low (as your buddy BB2 has admitted to doing) then you are the one at fault, not the PGC.