ORIGINAL: sproulman
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.
Sproul, all of the illegal acts that I know of, were done by local hunters.
they would fill their freezers with deer, when we were only allowed one. What broke up our group of drivers was, hunters that already shot their deer, arguing they should be allowed to post to shoot another. There always were greedy hunters, but now with all the doe tags, they can legally fill their freezers.
When you hear about guys shooting three, four and five deer, doesn't it make you wonder, what they did when only allowed one deer?