ORIGINAL: Maverick 1
ORIGINAL: bluebird2
Or, you can look at the ratio of antlerless tags to the number of doe harvested. In 2000 780K tags produced a harvest of 302K antlerless ,but in 2007 869K tags only produced a harvest of 213K doe
so ,if hunting is better than ever ,isn't it obvious that a lot of hunters are passing on doe?.
I am sure there is some truth to what you are saying bluebird, about fellows choosing to pass on the doe. I for one am one of them but, I think it is more likely they are not seeing any doe shoot.
i dont SEE many passing on doebut some say they are.
usually ones that cant look you in eye and say that are ones that are shooting a doe but saying they are not.
i saw 4 of those types with 4 doe with DMAP tags on doe but were not shot in the DMAP areas.
latest now is shoot a doe on privateland and tag it with a DMAP TAG.
i wish i hadproof enough to have them arrested, i know they do it but i cant prove it.
but next year, I AM GOING TO SEE IF WCO IS INTERESTED IN NAILING THEM,YES, THEY ARE MY LOCAL FRIENDS TOO.