ORIGINAL: tmontgo1
As madville said in his post, the regulation was put in during the seventies when the population was wiped out, like most of the rest of the state in the early last century. The goal was to get a sustainable herd back, and that is a conservation mindset.
ORIGINAL: madvilledoc
The population of deer in these counties has increased in the last several years (especially in the last 10). For years you could only take one buck (no does) in these counties. Last year the DNR added one doe to the mixture to combat the rising population. However, the overall population is rather low in comparison to other areas of the state.
tmontgo1... and he also said this,"adding a Doe to the mixture", why are they adding tags if there is a deer population problem????