Amen Otis,
The area I hunt in also has a 50% chance of receiving a doe tag. However in the two years I’ve been hunting, our luck hasn’t been very good. I hunt in a group (WMU 37) with anywhere from 7 – 12 guys. 2001 was a sweatpot weather speaking and we only got one doe. Then, 2002 was a bit better (three bucks and one doe – obviously the rut was on) but the meat didn’t go very far being split 7 ways.
I live in Southern Ontario, but I don’t have the $$$$$ to buy a shotgun or bow (you can’t use centrefire down here).